One other meme that has popped up into the news by pundits, anchors and commentators alike is the fact that President-Elect Obama must govern from a “central-right” or “centrist” mode. In all my years of listening and watching politics in America, I have never seen such a flurry of pundits rush to opine how they think a “world leader” must govern. Did that ever happen with previous Presidents of the United States? Was there such an overwhelming flock of people to tell, for example, George W. Bush what to do with his Presidency and how he might lead his administration?
Where do “liberals” fit into the request for a “centrist/center-right” government? After all, the MSM made it seem that the trumpet only sounded for the moderates, the centrists and the conservatives to help out in shaping the new administration. If you’ve been watching the latest political shows, it appears as if liberals (and liberalism) did not exist at all in the United States government nor society.
Too bad D.L. Hughley got the last laugh when CNN Right Wing Pundit Bay Buchanan (the sister of MSNBC commentator Pat) tried to hawk such stuff on his show. Look what happens:
(h/t Heather, David Neiwert and Crooks and Liars for the news and the You Tube footage)
The call for centrist and central-right governing is nothing but a way to keep the door open despite the fact that the GOP lost big in the past elections. Furthermore, this meme mainly operated on hubris instead of admitting that there are real flaws within the conservative paradigm that need fixing. Dog-whistles, ad hominem attacks and “catch-phrases” aren’t going to work any more.
Or better yet in the Kübler-Ross model, the conservatives accounting for their loss are only at the denial stage.
Tags: American government, barack obama, Current Events, democrats, Politics
