The Deeper Metric; Or, Revenge For The Ego-Penis

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On the outside, it sure looks like it is, in great part, about race.

But the defeat of President Obama has a deeper root to it; race is merely one of the vehicles used to express it.

Even a cursory glance at their general behavior demonstrates what Republicans are actually fighting for in this election - and no, it is not the 1%. The 1% are merely taking advantage of the situation.

Republicans have trapped themselves...and they rage against it, all sound and fury. They claim to fight for certain values, but their true objective has nothing to do with any of the issues they champion...you just have to get through all of their noise, to get a glance at it.

It starts with their declaration to make Obama a one-term president.

Then obstruction becomes the rule, even to the point of destroying the economy - never doubt they would have done it, if not reigned in by their corporate overlords.

They use race relentlessly - see birthers, and other numerous "dog whistles" Republicans deploy so recklessly.

They dive headlong into the far extremes of the rightwing fringe, each vying to be more over-the-top than the other, racing to see who will become the most "severe."

They attack women with brutal abandon, oblivious to the harm they are causing...for they only see women as usefully exploitative, easy targets for their rage.

They willfully cheat as much as possible, screwing voters out of their Constitutional rights...and the thought of cheating does not concern them in the least, as they see nothing but their ultimate destination.

And they pretend they never heard of George W. Bush, or his criminal administration, which they enabled and actively supported.

Republicans no longer care about being Republicans - professionalism, competence, and true patriotism are forgotten as they heedlessly and frantically and deperately pursue their true ends.

The noise - from racism to crashing the economy to voter restriction - covers what they MUST achieve.

Republicans do not struggle because of race. And it is not about the economy, or women, or austerity.

It is all - exclusively - about their ego-penises.

Their ego-penises must find a way to PROVE that THEY are NOT WRONG.

They allowed W. to crash the economy, to torture, to start illegal wars - you all know the laundry list.

They did all of this, wearing a cloak of righteousness eight miles thick.

And everything they did, everything they tried, everything they stood for...FAILED.

Which means, from their worldview, THEY are FAILURES.

And this, their ego-penises cannot admit, nor abide.

So they MUST prove that they were right to do all of the terrible things they did. They MUST vindicate themselves, at ANY cost.

They have no idea whatsoever how to do this, but their ego-penises demand they try - so they do.

Clumsily. Unimaginatively. Cruelly.

They play to win this game of their own manufacture, despite there being no one to play against except themselves. The collateral damage of their efforts, is incidental to them, unless it pleases them somehow.

And it is not just Republican politicians and pundits who are doing this; it is every tea-swilling, Faux-loving, invincibly ignorant Republican hardliner out there.

To win their game, they must destroy Obama, even if it desytroys everything else, for his defeat is the only way to save their ego-penises from the well deserved humiliation engendered by the totality of their epic, mind-boggling failures.

UPDATE: The term "ego-penis" is not inended to be insulting; rather, it is intended to be a statement as to how our culture equates physical body ideals with "good," and how some individuals often overcompensate for personally perceived physical flaws (ie, personal physical attributes not in-line with perceived cultural body ideals), through ego inflation. "Penis envy" does exist, and is an ego-driven phenomenon.

Plus, I think its damn funny, considering how some of these jackasses strut about...and also, I have a penis, so I do have some grounds to comment on it thusly...