When President Obama was inaugurated in 2009, lefty hearts were a-flutter over thoughts of a permanent progressive majority. A Great New Deal Society was dawning and the Republican party would be relegated to an inconsequential minority status forever. My, what a difference two years make.
The above ad, for DEMOCRAT candidate Joe Manchin tells you everything you need to know about today’s political climate. If you were an expat returning to the US after an extended absence, you would probably wager a tidy sum that Manchin were a GOP candidate. Heck, you’d probably wager that he was one of those crazy “Tea Party” candidates that the media keeps insisting is going to destroy the GOP. (The media’s concern for the health of the GOP is touching, even if it is more than a tad disingenuous.)
The Manchin ad crams more conservative touchstones into thirty seconds than a day-long seminar at the Heritage Foundation. Stunning.
Closing thought: Can you imagine the heart palpitations at MSNBC if a GOP candidate had fired a sniper rifle into a piece of lefty legislation? Even smelling salts would be hard pressed to revive Contessa Brewer.
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