Unpacking the Real Meaning

Unpacking the Real Meaning

One of the very best ways of putting someone on the defensive is to accuse them of what it is that you yourself are planning on doing. 

It works this way.  John Boehner comes up to the microphone and starts talking about how the Democrats are not paying any attention to what “the American people” want.  The Democrats are so silly they immediately fall for this, time after time.  Then the Republicans state that the Democrats don’t want to work in a bi-partisan manner, and the silly Democrats fall for that, as well.

For the first one, not paying attention to what the American people want, how do the Republicans know what all of the American people want?  There are more than just a few of us out here.  That attitude of “…we know, and you don’t…” is the beginning of a totalitarian mind-set that believes that only we have the inside track here – you all are on the outside and are not to be paid any attention to.  This is the same line Republicans in California were taking in regard to the tax extension that Gov. Brown put on the ballot.  The Republicans were saying that they didn’t want to support it because no one would vote for it.  Well, no one they were talking to would, but plenty of people I know would. 

And then the Republicans stating that the Democrats won’t work in a bi-partisan manner is a real hoot!  From the Republican perspective working in a bi-partisan manner is doing precisely and exactly what they want.  It is sort of like some children in the playground saying, “If you won’t play the game our way, we’ll take our ball and go home.” 

We really have to start analyzing what the Republicans are saying and, as the expression goes, unpack their comments.  Usually their comments mean something entirely different from what they appear to mean, and it usually isn’t for the benefit of the majority of us, but it will certainly be to the benefit of those in the upper 2% of the economic spectrum.