Posted by
Steve on Friday, February 06, 2009 8:30:17 AM
Yesterday, I came into work later than usual. That made it possible to listen to Rush Limbaugh. Mark Belling was sitting in for Rush and he made a good point. He said that there were only two kinds of liberals that he has met, but there were three kinds. There were the hypocrites, the crazies and the true believers.
The hypocrite group of liberals is obviously the largest group of liberals. These are the ones that say that our taxes should go up and do not pay all their taxes. This is proudly on display in the confirmation hearings. Either Obama cannot find any liberals who actually pay all their taxes or he does not want to find any liberals that actually pay all their taxes. This group constantly tells us what WE should do. We should do this restriction on OUR liberty or that restriction on our liberty. BUT, they are not accountable to the same rules as the rest of us. Al Gore comes to mind here, he says we all should reduce our “carbon footprint”. Then has a carbon footprint larger in one month than anyone else in a year. Al Gore says we should drive little cars that are unsafe to reduce that carbon footprint. Then he flies around on private jets and rides in limos. We see this kind of liberal all the time in Washington, D.C.
The second group of liberals is the crazy group. This group is always protesting and telling us what to do. They have no tolerance for others or any positions other than their own. These are the ones that burn down houses because they believe that the houses should not be in that area. These are the ones that damage cars that they do not like. These are the protesters that get arrested over some idea. This group is not nearly as large as the hypocrite group, but it makes a lot more noise.
The third group of liberals is the true believer group. This group is quite small. Mark Belling said he has never met a member of this particular group. I have met some of them. I would almost label them crazies, but they do no protesting. This is the type that gets rid of a refrigerator to reduce their carbon footprint like a family did in Ontario, Canada. In my experience, it is the wife that is the “true believer” and the husband goes along because he knows what is best for him and his family. The reason I say that is because whenever you talk to a true believer, the woman is always the more vocal one. At least that has been my experience with true believers. It also seems so when you read news accounts of true believers.
Now that we know the three groups, how large is each one? The next number is a guess, an educated guess, but a guess. I expect that about 85% of all liberals fall into the hypocrite group. I estimate that about 10% fall into the crazy group and 5% fall into the true believer group. If you confront a liberal, all will claim to be part of the true believer group. You have to look at what they say and do to understand which group they fall into.
For example, if they are always talking about what someone else should do and never about what they should do, they fall into the hypocrite group. The protesters are easy to identify as they let you know it. The true believers are quiet about their true belief. They just act and generally do not say. You have to catch them in unguarded moments to find out if they are part of the true believer group. A true believer either rides public transportation or drives a tin can with a motor. A hypocrite drives a regular car or an SUV. That is why it is so easy to identify which group they really belong to.
What about Barack Hussein Obama? Which kind of liberal is he? Well, he keeps the White House temperature extremely warm since he has been there. He tells us to turn our thermostats down to conserve and reduce our carbon footprint. There are some things he cannot control. He has to ride in limos and fly helicopters and Air Force One. That is just part of being President. But the things he can control, he has shown that he is firmly in the hypocrite category. He is anything but a true believer.
I hope this primer on liberals has been helpful. My estimate on hypocrite liberals may have been low. My estimate on protesting liberals may have been a little high. But, I believe the point is well made that the vast majority of liberals fall into the hypocrite category. Obama’s cabinet picks have shown that to be the case. The vast majority have had real problems following the law. If they were Republicans they would have been disqualified from the start. But, as Democrats we are losing valuable people to honest mistakes according to the news media. What balderdash, Democrats should have to follow the same rules as Republicans and have the same standards. That the standard for a Democrat is lower than that for a Republican is telling. The fact that we are willing to accept a lower standard of morality from a Democrat than we would accept from a Republican says that Democrats are less moral, generally, than Republicans. I am not talking individually, but as a group. That is because Republicans have standards and hold their members to those standards. Democrats have no standards to hold anyone to.