Saturday, January 8, 2011

BloggeRhythms 1/8/2011

Just watched the start of the Seattle/New Orleans game, and if the level of play stays the same as the first eight minutes this game is over now. It's like watching a professional football team play against a high school marching band. Unless they can adjust really quickly, the Seahawks haven't a prayer.

In the meantime, I saw a blurb that said Harry Reid thinks the Tea Party's a flash in the pan and won't last after the economy turns around. So, according to him, members shouldn't "quit their day jobs."

What was most important to me about Reid's comments, is the arrogance and vapidity of his thoughts. Because, evidently, he's completely missed the point. I don't think it matters what the Tea Party members call themselves, or whether they remain organized or not. What the group primarily represents is a significant, likely huge, number of folks who're fed up with politics, and particularly politicians.

Richard Nixon recognized the impact of what Tea Party-like movements when he used the phrase "silent majority" referring to the vast number of citizens opposed to the Viet Nam war. He knew back then that these unspoken, everyday voters, were the ones that could bring his administration down in a heartbeat if they chose, and the best route was the one he tried to take, by listening to them and trying to win them over.

So, as already evidenced by the landslide shake-up in the House of Representatives, there's no doubt that the majority, silent or not, has spoken. And if Harry Reid, who somehow survived an election even he thought he'd lost, chooses to continue along blindly on his same path, disregarding wishes of most of the population, he won't have to worry about quiting his own day job. The voters will do that for him.

That's it for today folks.

Adios

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