Bookstore Propaganda

Christmas is over for 2008 and now it is 2009. Nothing to do with your Thursday evening? Go spend one of the many gift cards you received.

My husband received one for a bookstore that we frequently patron. I had a raging headache, but did not want to disappoint so we made it a night and went gift card spending and to the movie. Due to my discomfort I was feeling slightly morose, a bit moody, if you will. I wondered through the many isles of 'The Art of Henna' and 'Samurai Warrior' and made my way back to the Current Event section, which oddly enough is located all the way at the back of the store. I perused the isle and Glenn Beck caught my eye. I had been meaning to pick up a copy of his 'Christmas Sweater' book. I had passed that on my way back and there were several copies available. Then another book came to view. It was one about how the Republican party is imploding. What? Another book on how horrible George W. Bush is, which I'm really getting tired of hearing. One about how great Obama is (wake up people, he really hasn't even done anything yet!) Oh yeah! Michael Medved's book! Then another about the atrocities of the Bush years (war monger, blah, blah, blah). Another about Obama the Great and so on and so on...

It got me thinking about the Republican image. In the car I mentioned to my husband how the Republicans really need to do something about the image they project to the nation because people really have the wrong perception of us. Then I amended my statement. It is not the image that we project it is the image that is thrust upon us by the Left. If there is one thing that they do extremely well it is paint this horrible image of the average Conservative. I am an average conservative and surprisingly I am not an old white male who is trying to destroy the environment while stealing money from the poor. I am a female in her early thirties who works hard for her family. I earn under 200k, which according to Obama means I am not wealthy. Aren't all Republicans rich? I do go to church and I do love Jesus, but I don't hate gay people. Wait - that's not what the Lefts say. Don't all evangelicals hate homosexuals? My husband wants to take my minivan, which is not working, and instead of buying a new vehicle wants to turn it into an eco car that runs off of solar panels. Oh my goodness, a Republican who likes the environment and doesn't want to dump oil in the ocean?

I am so tired of the picture that is painted of the average conservative. The Left says that the Republican party is dying, that our complete and utter destruction is inevitable. We lost the election, but we are not going anywhere. This was not a landslide victory for the Democrats no matter how hard they try to repaint history. They cannot change who we are just by writing some books.