Impeach Obama bumper sticker
I followed behind it closely, trying to snap a close-up pic of the “Impeach Obama” sign on the SUV — but that sucker was moving fast (and a result, so was I) — I guess anti-Obama folks really put the pedal to the medal ’round these Ohio parts.
Seriously? I mean really? It’s only January 2012…
Really? Seriously? (Imagine that being said in an Amy Poehler-style voice on that SNL news segment.)
Do people really want President Obama impeached?
The first time I saw an Impeach Obama bumper sticker back on September 7, 2011 — the night before my 13th wedding anniversary — I was taken aback.
Today, when I Googled “Impeach Obama” to see where this grassroots campaign is headed, I saw sites dedicated to the notion, as well as petitions and the latest athlete in the news for refusing to go the White House.
Oy vey. Oy vey.
I won’t even get into that time I saw people with the “Pray for Obama” with Psalm 109:8 bumper sticker that reads, “Let his days be few; and let another take his office and charge” — with an even scarier next verse that should be nowhere near Obama’s name in any prayers.
And then there’s the Atlanta Jewish Times owner and publisher Andrew Adler who just stepped down for getting in trouble over suggesting that our president be killed.
So as I ready myself to watch his address tonight through my purple haze of oral surgery healing, I can’t help but ask…
Is it really that bad? Does the hate need to be that strong?
I guess for some folks it is all horrible, and they lay all the blame and vitriol at the feet of President Obama.
I didn’t like it when haters did it to George “Dubya” — and I don’t like them doing it to #44.
Even some of his famous celebrity supporters who famously campaigned hard for him have turned their minds and backs on the man that people like me in this pivotal, important swing state put in office when we shaded in that oval next to Obama-Biden instead of McCain-Palin.
I tell you what — not many of those Republicans I watched last night through my haze of muscle relaxers could get me to sway my vote towards their perfectly coiffed and polished selves — okay, Gingrich and Ron Paul aren’t gelled to the high heavens, I’ll give them that much.
Which is a lot, in view of those racist newsletters Paul claims he didn’t write, and based on the bloated standing ovation Newt got when CNN’s John King boldly asked him about open marriage claims. (Love the way Nancy Giles ripped into Gingrich in this video…)
And I’ll admit that Romney did make some good points about capitalism, and I’m glad he finally released his tax forms, but like I told a Jewish friend over lunch last week, “I can’t see myself voting for a Mormon.” (I guess Jesus Himself would have to tell me to do so…)
And the beat goes on…
And the yellers will yell…
And the debaters will debate…
We’ve got all the way until November 2012 to watch this political road show unfold, and what a good one it is primed to become.
Look at the comedy of errors freak show that Herman Cain turned out to be.
And we’re just getting started.
So I plan to stay here, behind my Mac — writing my posts and pieces and Kindle Singles.
And if I’m still in this battle ground of a state come election time, I’ll let you know if I darken that same Obama oval I did four years ago…because I’m learning in life that the loudest voices or the lying voices whispered into the ears of folks by manipulators trying to manipulate aren’t always the ones that win the war in the end.
