As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve allowed the right-wing nonsense of the so-called newspaper Washington Times to leave spam in my inbox. I’m not certain how I allowed this to happen; it probably occurred after I clicked on a link of some particularly egregious propaganda to see where right-wing anti-Obama paranoia would lead this time (or any other time). The other day it was something like this:
Dear Reader,
I'd love to see an
atheist try to explain THIS.
It's a video about a
recent discovery made by biblical researchers in Maryland. While investigating
a certain New Testament passage, they found something they never expected...
A mysterious healing
message within ancient scripture.
It appears to contain
a secret for defeating one of our worst diseases... and the science behind it
has been verified by one of America's top doctors!
Watch it here -- you
may never look at the Bible the same way again.
P.S. This is America,
and people are free to believe whatever they want. But I've yet to hear an
atheist offer a real explanation for the "healing message" revealed
in this video.
Even if you are a firm believer in Christian Science or a Jehovah’s
Witness, it is about 100 percent guaranteed that you will not find any “miracle
cure” here save a demand that if you actually want to find some obscure line or
passage about “faith healing,” you will have to pay for. Making money for the “messenger”
is the bottom line for all this “secrets” to be revealed.
Thus the paranoia and conspiracy theorizing of the right
knows no boundaries. Unfortunately politics and the running of this country is under
the sway across a wide swath by this kind of illogic and uber-partisanship.
Sadly, the state of Wisconsin, where I grew-up, has long abandoned its
reputation as a bastion of progressiveness, championed by governor and then
U.S. Senator Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette. Instead, the state’s voters saw
fit to elect a deceitful conman in Republican Scott Walker as governor. Walker
currently has a bare 48-47 poll edge over Democrat Mary Burke—who is trying to
become Wisconsin’s first female governor. Walker, through the Washington Times, had the nerve to leave
this in my inbox:
Fellow Conservative,
A new independent poll
shows I’m in a dead heat with my Democratic opponent among registered voters.
National unions and a dozen liberal Super PACs are dropping millions of dollars
in these final days to make sure I am defeated.
Frankly, if I don’t
massively increase my spending RIGHT NOW my union backed Democrat opponent
could defeat me. Can you rush an immediate contribution to my campaign of at
least $35?
If we don’t move
immediately, the union-controlled Wisconsin Democrats will finally get what
they want. They’ll be able to roll back every good thing we’ve done in 4 years.
That’s why our need is so urgent.
We can’t let that
happen. Politics aside, we’ve saved Wisconsin taxpayers over $3 billion dollars,
eliminated the $3.6 billion budget deficit, and created over 100,000 new jobs -
all while cutting taxes by $2 billion dollars.
Because of the generous donations of people like you we’ve accomplished
these things - and earned the ire of the DC Democrat machine that wants exactly
the opposite.
Can I count on you
once again? Conservatism is under attack here, and it's urgent that I hear back
from you today.
If you sit this out,
we may lose. Sometimes we ask for as little as $3, but because the Election is
right around the corner do you think you could find at least $35? Your
contribution will help us do what it takes to win.
Democrats and their
allies want to make an EXAMPLE out of me. They're burying me in attack ads,
including ridiculous ads that the independent group Politifact rated as
half-truths and lies. But despite that, I refuse to back down, and I won't
stand by idly as national Unions bus in supporters and liberal Super PACs
funnel money into big TV buys.
You can help me stand
up to the Union bullies and win this race in the next few days. You and I can fight back. Liberals see this
race as their chance to squash conservatism and destroy our national success
story. The stakes are high because they know I am not finished yet, and that
scares them. I have a hunger to do more. I am putting taxpayers back in charge
of government.
But I don't have
access to a Union war chest like my opponent. I depend on activists like you
who help me defend conservatism $35 at a time. Can I count on you this time?
I humbly thank you for
your support and for standing alongside me in defense of conservatism.
Sincerely,
Scott Walker
Governor of Wisconsin
This missive is so full of self-serving, hypocritical malarkey,
I don’t know where to begin. First off, Burke isn’t getting hardly as much
money from the unions and “liberal Super Pacs” as Walker is getting from his
friends like right-wing extremists the Koch brothers and various right-wing super-PACs,
who dumped millions of dollars to save his job in the recall election. If
Walker is whining about money now, it is because he has wasted his millions
fruitlessly on vicious attack ads fewer people are believing.
Walker’s so-called “job creation” is of course a complete
sham. By gutting state expenditures, he has actually slowed job growth and the
potential revenue base. Like all conservatives (including those in the
legislature), he doesn’t understand that well-off and rich don’t “invest” their
added largesse in jobs and the economy—they keep it in their own pockets. Gutting
government budgets just means fewer transportation jobs and other public
service functions that recycle tax money back into the state economy—thus maintaining
and creating jobs as well as keeping revenue up. It is also more “human.”
Walker claims that right-wing extremism (he calls it
something else, of course) is a national “success” story. We see what this “success”
is doing in Washington, DC and it is a complete and utter disaster where
nothing gets done in Congress. Walker is one of the worst governors Wisconsin
has ever had; the state can make “history” by electing its first female
governor—not because it will be, but because it has to be.
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