"IF ONLY"

[NanceGreggs]

“IF ONLY”
By Nancy Greggs

Well, Republican powers-that-be, the Fat Lady will be singing in just a couple of weeks, and it looks like she won’t be crooning your tune.

God knows you’ve been dealt some terrible blows of late. But if you hadn’t taken every opportunity to place yourselves atop that holier-than-thou pedestal, your fall from grace wouldn’t have been quite so inevitable, not to mention fatal.

Hindsight being 20/20, you’re probably pondering your own mis-steps over the past few years, and realizing where it all went so terribly wrong …

IF ONLY you hadn’t held yourselves out to be good, devout Christians, admitting to torture and asking your countrymen to sanction it wouldn’t be such a noose around your neck now.

IF ONLY you hadn’t belittled Kerry for being a flip-flopper, your president’s last-minute change of position on ‘staying the course’ wouldn’t sound quite so ridiculous.

IF ONLY you hadn’t constantly spouted your rhetoric about the left-wing gay agenda, covering up for Foley wouldn’t have had the impact it did.

IF ONLY you hadn’t continually insisted that it was your opponents who were incompetent, your failures in every aspect of governance wouldn’t be so glaring.

IF ONLY you hadn’t bragged about a six-month foray into Iraq to be greeted as liberators spreading democracy, your once-loyal followers wouldn’t see you now as incompetent, murderous liars.

IF ONLY you hadn’t used your influence to quash real reporting of the news, the media wouldn’t be so anxious to go for your throat every chance they get.

IF ONLY you hadn’t all been so collectively greedy, the exposure of your bribe-taking and shady dealings would have looked more like a ‘few bad apples’ and less like a ‘culture of corruption’.

IF ONLY you hadn’t been so fast to line your own pockets and those of your corporate buddies with the taxpayers’ dollars, those same taxpayers wouldn’t be voting you out of office.

IF ONLY you hadn’t told your constituents that you were the party who would bring honor and dignity back to Washington politics, your lack of both wouldn’t seem so blatantly obvious.

IF ONLY you hadn’t stressed those tax cuts as being the reward for supporting you, your middle-class constituents might not have noticed how small their piece of the pie turned out to be.

IF ONLY you hadn’t held your president out as an intelligent statesman, your faithful followers wouldn’t have been so disillusioned when he acted like a buffoon.

IF ONLY you hadn’t been caught in so many lies, your supporters might still believe what you have to say.

IF ONLY you hadn’t been caught in so many scandals, your traditional voters wouldn’t be so determined to abandon you.

IF ONLY you hadn’t pointed the finger of blame at everyone else for your failures, the citizenry wouldn’t be so anxious to hold you personally to account.

IF ONLY you hadn’t accused the opposition of every sin you were later found to be guilty of, your hypocrisy wouldn’t have brought you down.

IF ONLY you had looked out for the people you were supposed to represent, they wouldn’t be looking the other way as you beg for another chance.

IF ONLY you hadn’t acted like such petty, arrogant asses, you wouldn’t be in for such a profound ass-kicking right now.

If only …

[orpupilofnature57]

1. We take back Democracy in this country in 11 day's.

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

2. IF ONLY...

they had listened to those wise words: "make your words sweet and good for you may have to eat them tomorrow" O8)

[proudlibal]

3. Beautifully written

Thank you

[Danascot]

4. Great, tho I take issue with just one

"IF ONLY you hadn’t used your influence to quash real reporting of the news, the media wouldn’t be so anxious to go for your throat every chance they get."

Would that it were so. Far from going for the throat, it seems to me that the MSM still mostly aims lower and to the rear ... the better to plant kisses on B*sh's naked emperor butt.

[NanceGreggs]

7. I KNEW that one would draw some fire ...

... thing is, the media is now starting to 'turn' on this administration -- it's slow, but it's sure.

IMHO, right now it's a combination of seeing the way the wind is blowing, and wanting to appeal to the 'majority' audience to keep their ratings up, and the corporate ad-buyers happy with the size of the audience they are able to reach.

I believe that after the Dems win this election, however, gloves that were reluctantly worn will suddenly be taken off. For the honest journalists (so few and far between, alas) it will be payback time for having been muzzled in the first place ...

[Danascot]

8. I truly hope you're right

What discourages me about the media issue is the concentration of media ownership into fewer and larger corporate units, and that the people at the top of these organizations are overwhelmingly pukes or puke sympathizers who feel it is in their best (ie financial) interests to maintain the pukes in power. Plus the related woeful decline of real news into the quaalude lulling of infotainment, self-censorship and mindless exploitation of irrelevant crime and celebrity "stories". These are not changes that can be counteracted by electing a Dem majority.

I'm outraged every time they come on and say, "President Bush today said ... " I'm jumping up and down yelling at them, "How can you go along with the charade that this frat-boy yokel is a real president, that he deserves anything but ridicule and contempt, and that nothing worth listening to has come out of his mouth ever!!!"

Just once I'd like to hear them say, "Little Lord Pissypants said something completely unhinged today about immigrants or the economy or something. It made no sense and in the long run will be discredited along with everything else he's ever said or done. We'll spare you from running a clip of it because just seeing him posture and strut and murder the English language is considered torture under the Geneva Convention."

Apart from that, this latest piece is excellent. You've been inspired over the past couple of months and I look forward to every new NanceGreggs rant as a new and excellent treat. Thanks for all your hard work ... it helps keep us going.

Edited to add: I'm delighted to give this fine piece its fifth recommendation!

[JeffR]

5. If only they could all be driven into the sea like the snakes they are

instead of just being voted out. Still, plenty of investigations and indictments to come, and that will have to do.

:kick:

[rubberducky]

6. Nancy rules!!!!!!!!!

As always, k&r. Thank you, nancy!!

[badgerpup]

9. Nance, ya done it again...K & R of course!

..especially the bit about the holier-than-thou pedestal.
That one really resonates with me...:grr:


BTW, love your sig line. :thumbsup: Too true...:eyes:



:kick:

[stellanoir]

10. oh Nance . . .

You are just so. . .so. . .so. . .so-o-o "reality based."

Kidding (of course) and luv ya and thanks.

11th rec.

[Totally Committed]

11. Truly Outstanding!

If only I could write (and think!) that well!!!

Absolutely right-on.

Thank you, Nance, again for that wonderful post.

TC