CliffHanger Clobbers Celebrity Cerebral
By: Chip
Cliff Note: Once upon a time I was very active in submitting letters and op-eds to The Gainesville Sun. Knowing how far left the editors were and that my targets were genuinely devoid of humor and easy to tweak, it was always entertaining. Ultimately, it became clear that the Sun’s editors were more than eager to edit my writing and also quite willing to misrepresent my ideas in the form of rebuttals. It also became clear that the editors seemed to have that special lefty way of waiving their own rules when it came to their preferred contributors. The Sun claims that no writer will be published more than once in a 30 day period, unless of course it’s a left wing academic celebrity such as William Hedges. We had a great deal of fun with Mr. Hedges two weeks ago and on the occasion of his second letter to The Sun in 30 days, we will once again play off of Hedges pathological leftism. Not only is it educational for those of us outside the liberal fish bowl, it’s also entertaining! Here then is the new object of my abuse:
William D. Hedges, Gainesville writes another letter to the Editor: “I fear Obama will fail: As an ardent Democrat, I am resigned to the fact that Obama will lose. Why? Few will admit it, but when Americans enter the voting booth and are all alone, not many are going to vote for a black over a white. And, yes, I am deeply saddened because his impending defeat, despite the tragedy and devastation of the last eight years will be very clear indication of how far we have yet to go before we reach the dream of which Dr. King spoke with such eloquence.”
With all his infinite wisdom, Hedges has gazed into the future and seen a devastating loss for Senator Obama this November, because of the deep seeded racism inherent in our society. If we could only see past skin color, we could be saved from ourselves. Alas, it is not meant to be.
What is it with the left and losing elections? Even in imaginary elections, they’re never able to accept defeat with grace or humility. They always claim to have been cheated. Either the election was “stolen” or the mindless, ignorant masses were brainwashed by “Rove’s Haliburton Financed Propaganda Machine” or the voting public is a bunch of rubes too racist to recognize that “The One” has arrived in the form of Obama. Hedges is truly convinced that the gene pool has not yet caught up to him. Innate and nuanced brilliance such as his is simply too small in numbers. Leftists are incapable of wrapping their minds around the fact that we’ve examined their views and found them to be seriously flawed.
We are fully engaged in the arena of ideas and we reject leftist dogma.
No one regardless of income should pay 35% of that income to the Federal Government. Unelected judges should not throw out the will of the people by judicial fiat. America is not on the verge of depression and can’t be improved by the income redistribution schemes of liberals. We reject moral relativism. Oppressive regimes such as Iran and Venezuela should not be offered a seat at the international table. Islamofacists don’t have legitimate grievances against the West and there’s no equivalence whatsoever in Russia invading a sovereign neighbor and our removing a thug dictator in Saddam.
We’re not brainwashed, ignorant or racist Mr. Hedges. We are competing with you in the arena of ideas with the expressed goal of defeating you and Obama, because we think that you are misguided to the point of being dangerous.