This just in: The RNC is outraged that Obama had the nerve to go and see August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” How dare he spend a night out with his wife, even though it is NOT at taxpayer’s expense! And, the RNC claims, that he is doing this while countless families will be forced to claim bankruptcy once GM closes! Futhermore, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said if Obama wanted to go to the theater, “isn’t the Presidential box at the Kennedy Center good enough?”. WELL…here’s a news flash for you, Gail: SOME OF US ACTUALLY PREFER TO ATTEND OUR OWN CULTURAL EVENTS INSTEAD OF WHITE ONES. I know Gail, I know-you guys are running scared because for the first time in a long time, the status quo is being upset. First racists had to tolerate the LANSLIDE WIN of an African American President. NOW, you have to sit by and witness all of the changes regarding the ways in which government money is spent, the AUTHENTIC display of care and concern for the “disadvantaged” (a.k.a. people of color), and a fair shot at health insurance for everyone? WHAT’S NEXT??? Oh wait! I forgot that in adding insult to injury, he had the unmitigated gall to nominate a LATINA for Supreme Court Justice. Now the RNC (a.k.a. Racists Noticably Choleric) has inadvertently released their talking points conerning the nomination? I don’t think it was by accident at all, but instead a clear case of protectum rectum”.
All of this rhetorically constructed outrage is bullshit-plain and simple. Additionally, it creates some burning questions in my mind, such as:
1. Where was Bush on Septemberr 11th? Did he jump out of his seat when given the news that THOUSANDS of people were murdered? NOPE.
2. Where was Bush when victims of Katrina were drowning, dying from injuries, while watching their homes being washed away? And please don’t think that because he was called on his shit by fellow Republicans that it makes his (lack of) response any easier to accept.
3. Where are the weapons of mass destruction that Bush said were such a danger we had to sacrafice so many innocent lives to go to war?
AND THE BEST QUESTION OF ALL IS:
4. How are the woes of General Motors (that took root LONG before Obama became President) enough of a tragedy to prevent our new President from paying attention to his familial obligations? Um….excuse me, but I think that continuing to sit on your ass in a fifth grade classroom after being told that thousands of people were just killed because two planes crashed into the Twin Towers is a tragedy. I think that utilizing a hurricane as a tool of genocide against African Americans is a tragedy. I think that starting a war under false pretenses because you want to steal oil from the Middle East is a tragedy. However, taking your wife to a Broadway play like you promised is just being a good husband. PERIOD. In light of the fact that he has accomplished more in four months than the Dummy did in eight years, I feel compelled to add that a night on the town is more than well deserved.
I think when we begin to assess what is really going on here, the criticism/reactions surrounding Obama’s night out with his wife only demonstrates that the racism and hate that has been covert for so long is becoming much more difficult to hide. Racists in our government are feeling fearful. The carefully constructed rhetoric they once hid behind is becoming muddled, and they are slowly but surely being unmasked. Or perhaps change is happening so fast that even their best rhetoricians can’t keep up; after all, is not like the last eight years were filled with any real change.
