Political Serendipity

The serendipitous result of being raised by a republican father and
democratic mother led me to research and discover just what I
believed on my own.

Today's headlines are all about reinforcing my core beliefs. These
are strictly my beliefs, but I couldn't help but derive some perverse
pleasure in reading about things that should be evident to all.

"Porn in the USA: Conservatives Are Biggest Consumers"
"CIA Destroyed 92 Interrogation Tapes"
"Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh gets into a war of words with the head of the RNC"

How many of us know staunch church-going conservatives who seem to have
"behind closed doors" vices that are completely contradictory to what they
present to the outside world? Let me quote something from the ABC and CNN
article today about porn and conservatives.

However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states that do
consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than
states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds.
"Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be
consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by," Edelman says.


I could write volumes and run out of room if I bring up Newt Gingrinch and his
zealot attack of Bill Clinton, all the while carrying on an extramarital affair that
included a "kept" mistress in a condo. What about William Bennett and his
gambling scandal, all the while peddling a book on virtues. Need we be reminded
of the airport bathroom stall scandal or Rush Limbaugh's voracious appetite for
pills, pills, and more pills? The conservatives backed John McCain, a man who
carried on an affair with a woman 25+ years his junior and left the wife and
children who patiently waited on him to return from his ordeal.

I just don't get the conservatives. I don't get the editorials that are written
every single day in national newspapers by men who are guilty of more than
what we have covered here, yet want us to support an agenda that even THEY
don't conform to.

I truly believe that there is a special place reserved for Rush Limbaugh
(and it's not in an upward direction). Again, he is fighting within his own
political party; the headlines today are all about his fight with Steele.
Wasn't he the one that wanted the country to be "patriotic and flag-waving" and
support the president in a rush to war with Iraq. Personally, I didn't understand
how anyone with an IQ over 80 could have supported that war. I wore a black
band for 8 years (to the chagrin of several family members) that said "I DID
NOT VOTE FOR BUSH"! Now, today's headlines scream about illegal
interrogations, falsifying of records and worse. Rove and Cheney walk free, even
though they broke hundreds of laws and almost destroyed our country.

The serendipity of listening to a republican, but seeing a different life
played out, was perhaps a blessing for me. In this day and age and
with technology being what it is........republicans and democrats alike
should be looking over their shoulders and watching what they have on their
computers. Big Brother is watching............... perhaps you're not what you purport to be.