Go Ahead, Tell The Guy ...

[NanceGreggs]

By Nancy Greggs

Good God, I never thought I’d live to say this, but my most fervent prayer right now is that you Republican powers-that-be just keep talking.

No, honestly, I really want you to just keep gabbing away, every chance you get, to the American voters – because when you talk to the average American guy these days, he’s all ears. So please, keep tellin’ it like it is – or the way you want him to believe it is, the truth notwithstanding.

Tell the guy – the one who lost his job when the plant he’d worked at for twenty years moved to Mexico – that outsourcing isn’t hurting the middle-class worker … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who just came back from Iraq in a wheelchair and can’t get the rehab or disability payments he was promised – that you’re the “Support the Troops” party … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who got the $300 tax rebate while the billionaire CEO of the company he works for got a permanent tax-cut that will save him from paying his fair share – that you’re all for giving every citizen a fair shake … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who read all the news stories about Foley, Vitter, Cunningham, and Abramoff – that you’re the people who represent solid moral values … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who’s paying through the nose at the pump and at the drug store – that you’re looking out for the average Joe and not Big Oil and Big Pharma … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who just declared bankruptcy because he couldn’t pay his medical bills – that universal health care is a terrible idea that just won’t work… go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who’s watching the national debt skyrocket with every passing day – that the Republicans are the party of fiscal responsibility … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who’s now working two jobs just to make ends meet – that you’ve created a booming economy that benefits all Americans … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one whose kid is going to school in a dilapidated building full of over-crowded classrooms and out-of-date textbooks – that No Child Left Behind has been a huge success … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who’s wondering if his mail is being read, his phone-calls are being listened to – that you’re the party of less-intrusive government … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who has to take his shoes off at the airport before he can board a plane full of uninspected cargo – that you’re keeping America safe … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who remembers the Clinton surplus – that it’s the Democrats who just spend, spend, spend, and can’t be trusted with the country’s purse-strings … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who’s seeing the violence, chaos and carnage in Iraq increasing every day – that victory is just around another one of those corners to be turned … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

Tell the guy – the one who can’t help but notice that no one in this administration, from the president on down, can answer a simple question without obfuscating, stalling, contradicting themselves, or hiding behind executive privilege – that you’ve brought honesty and dignity back to the White House … go ahead, he’ll believe you.

No, really, keep talking. You’ve proven your honesty and integrity, your commitment to hard-working Americans, your economy-building expertise, your beyond-reproach Christian principles, your keen judgment in war-planning and execution, your international diplomacy skills, and your personal moral rectitude above and beyond the expectations of those you once duped into supporting your party and voting your sorry asses into office.

I’m sure they all still believe in you, and everything you say. Well, some of them still do – a few of them – a handful of them … a bunch of them whose numbers get smaller every day.

But by all means, keep talking. With any luck, you can get that number down to zero before November 2008.

[Mythsaje]

1. I'M the first Rec?

Will wonders never cease?

[NanceGreggs]

2. Hey, fair's fair ...

I was the first rec on one of your threads last night - and took hell for it from someone else who (mistakenly) thought they had the quickest draw in town.

[Mythsaje]

3. LOL...

Well, my last few threads went nowhere. The one you Rec'd last night was followed by another I thought was pretty good. But talk about fizzle. Ugh.

I hate it when I post goes nowhere.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3413680&mesg_id=3413680

[NanceGreggs]

5. Sometimes the rose that dies on the vine ...

... is the seed that inspires the finest of flowers.

Your posts don't go nowhere - they always lead you to another way of saying something that touches us all.

[Mythsaje]

8. I suppose.

I'm slightly burned out all the way around, I suppose. Suffering from major writer's block with my fiction and having issues with how my publisher is handling my new release. Grrr.

[Wetzelbill]

4. rock on, Nance

:smoke:

[NanceGreggs]

6. Always nice to know that it's a given ...

... that my threads always include a smoking section.

It's been a long day -- mind if I join you?

:smoke:

[Wetzelbill]

7. not at all

Yeah, it has been a long day for sure. I'm contemplating sleep, but I'm sure I'll just stay up. :)

[NanceGreggs]

9. I hear ya!

It's almost 4 a.m. here - and I'm headed downstairs for a toke, and a few minutes (ha, ha, probably longer) of blasting my eardrums with some Fleetwood Mac, Motown, and a heavy-metal tune or two via the trusty, relationship-saving headphones.

Contemplating sleep is a wonderful thing -- actually indulging in it doesn't really appeal until the sun comes up.

[ellaydubya]

10. I Hear You!

Thank you- very well written and much appreciated. Also much appreciated the kind words about Tom Wright (tomintib) and Tom Snyder- Tom W and I go way back. Truly two "Tomterrific" characters! They don't make them like that anymore.

[orleans]

11. ah, to night owls everywhere!

:toast:

and nice op.

k&r.

[Raster]

13. Nance, you Rock!

:toast:

Wake up America!:kick:

[tavalon]

12. Nance

Please tell me this is going somewhere else besides here. This is just too good.

Out of the park. Again!

[Enthusiast]

14. Now this is a wonderful post................

All Nancy says is true, but, some of "the guys" can be hit on the head again and again and still not see the truth. They still want to "fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here". To some, "Bush is keeping us free". To others, "they hate us for our freedom". I am a victim of fatigue from trying to convince these guys. I've been trying to convince some since Reagan, unsuccessfully, I might add.

[Caretha]

15. Excellent!!

Nance, would you mind if I use this to spam a few of the idiots who send me crappy republic chain email dribble?

[NanceGreggs]

17. Feel free ...

... and welcome to DU!

[Caretha]

26. LOL...thanks for the welcome

...ummm...I've been here since 2002, I'm just not much of a poster, too afraid to speak my mind and disclose what a fool I am. I prefer to "lurk" and take my time thinking things out. DU is a gathering of some very savvy people who are way more capable of expressing themselves...much better than I am. :)

Also, thanks for your permission.

[myrna minx]

16. K&R.

:applause:

[loudsue]

18. Soooo good! Don't forget Katrina!

Of all the atrocities of this administration, watching AMERICAN CITIZEN'S BODIES floating around in the murky waters after Katrina was every bit as horrible as watching people jumping out of the WTC on 9/11 for me. Actually, it was worse for me, because it was OUR government, and the U.S./Homeland Security government terrorists at the helm, that made it so horrifying.

If Osama won't kill you, a republican-run government WILL.

:applause: Nance Greggs, :yourock:

:kick::kick::kick:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear Nance...

I am continuously in awe....

Damn it, girl.... :yourock:

Thank you and K&R, as always!

:patriot:

[Faux pas]

20. Brilliant as usual! n/t

[wicket]

21. Awesome as always!

:yourock:

[LanternWaste]

22. Just a little note to say that I think you're one of the best on DU...

Just a little note to say that I think you're one of the best on DU.

You're posts are wonderfully scathing, yet never insulting. Dare I say it? (yes, indeed I do dare...) You're a treasure!

[NanceGreggs]

23. Thank you SO MUCH!!!

:hi:

[northofdenali]

24. Kicking this one up for the night crew -

Nance, you never cease to amaze me. Another bookmark in my list, another bunch of emails forwarded, and another rec -

Don't stop! :patriot:

[Lugnut]

25. K&R n/t

:kick:

[djjimz]

27. Oh Nance, that was powerful

I can't wait to let my numbnuts repunk neighbor read it in the morning.
He's one of the few who still believes in these assholes, but I'm working on him.
Thanks again Nance
You're great!
:toast:

Take heart at least we can still hold on to this.
525 days till Freedom

Unless these maniac's figure out away to do away with elections too.