I’ve written about this several times and it is absolutely vital to remember: time is not on the side of
the right. The base of the conservative movement is old, white, Christian and extremely bigoted. As
they die off (while draining every penny from Medicare, the kind of government program they claim
to despise), they will not be replaced and the right knows it. The homeschooling movement among
Evangelicals will not pump out enough brainwashed, science hating, religious fanatics to replenish the
ranks (even if they turn their women into debased breeders) of the self centered and
easily-swayed-by-greed Baby Boomer generation that is not going gently into that good night.
What will be left will be an ethnically and religiously diverse country that is not interested in the kind
of hate that is the sole motivating force underlying conservative politics. This is the reason for the
massive overreach of the 2010 GOP: they need to get their policies into place and try and cement
them in the public’s mind before they permanently lose power. In the end, however, we’ll reject the
wedge politics and move the country forward. The real question is how much damage the right will
do in the meantime.
May 29, 2012
By Justin Rosario
This flag stands for actual freedom, not a bitter minority desperately holding on to power.