I was watching Glenn Beck yesterday and he scared the hell out of me not just in what he was saying but how he was saying it.
He was reporting on the current heavy handed DNC video and the apparent quashing of first amendment rights of the right in town hall meetings. Shown were clips of Nancy Pelosi and other Dems that really put the smack down on the protestors in these meetings.
There were some disturbing comments regarding members wearing swastikas and other signs of terrible behavior. It really disturbed me until I watched Bill O’Reilly.
He seems so calm and detached almost from the fray that I was wondering what little genie in a bottle he had that made the rest of us look stressed and tired. Well, he summed it up in one phrase (and I paraphrase)…”Democracy is an ongoing living breathing thing and this is just a stage of it and it will move back to some central theme in the future.
Man, hearing that was like taking a 15mg Valium on an empty stomach. I instantly relaxed because I know now that “this too shall pass” just like Jimmy Carter and other presidential tenures (and yes, my liberal friends feel free to add your choices also) democracy is growing and it will be changed somewhat but not so dramatically that it will be unrecognizable when this administration is done.
So I watched the news and applauded that the Independents that voted for this president are turning against him in the polls and listened somewhat to the liberal rhetoric and actually had a small smile on my face because I began to understand that this is a process; a painful process for conservatives right now but we will pass through it.
Thank you, Bill O’Reilly for clearing this up for me. I appreciate your effort in this area.
Good, now can you calm down? It's a pendulum, and now it's at the left. It'll swing back, it always does. Give the other team their turn at bat, you'll take it back, and you can do what you want. It's always been that way. Bush drove me to distraction, but I always knew he could only stay a max eight years. Now it's your turn, take a deep breath, and wait it out. Everyone gets a turn at bat eventually.
ReplyDeleteI agree Dad...it calms me to know though that this won't go on for 8 years...we just have to get through 4 if even that long! I love Bill O'Reilly!
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