George W. Bush, the American People and Our Sister

Here's my literary narrative for today and an analogy that I've thought about this morning over a cup of coffee.

How do we really feel here at DU when we are at work or play and we see our friends and family that enthusiastically supported W.?

Let us suppose that our sister is enamored and enthralled by a lover that is obvious to us truly a scoundrel. She is blind to his antics, irresponsible behavior, lack of work ethic,and mean spirit. She falls for his con that is enhanced by his friends' praise.

We warn her, "Don't fall for this guy, he'll be a disaster, he'll ruin your life". Still, she remains committed. The more we protest, in fact, the more attractive he becomes. Finally, they set a date. Our warnings become more pointed. Her steadfastness deepens. We refuse to attend the wedding, she assures us she knows what she's doing, and goes right ahead with the ceremony.

Life goes on until, finally, it occurs to our devoted sister that she made a tragic mistake. She admits (39% and dropping) that she should have listened.

What good is telling her "I told you so"? Because, you see, her disaster is also ours, since we have to help her pick up the pieces of her life. After all, we're still family.

So goes today's musings as our fellow sisters and brothers face the hardship they created. Unfortunately, in this analogy, President Asshole's election is worse than a bad partner choice. In reality, we're all F**Ked.

Thank you for your indulging me, and may God help us all.

but perhaps "what were you thinking??" Because it might help to understand, and it might really help HER to understand how she was misled. I'd suggest she will probably find she relied too heavily on the MSM to do her thinking for her. So many do.

But I know one thing: if we repudiate these folks for their mistakes we are shooting ourselves in both feet.

We need to be like the father of the prodigal son. Arms open wide.

"He did WHAT to you!?!"

Then getting the cousins together and pay the asshole a visit. A courtesy call along the lines of a Sonny Corleone. :smoke:

A very human way to look at this mess they have handed all of us...

if she still insists she married the best and brightest, who's just going through a bad patch right now.

Familial patience worn down to a nub here.

the sister is the majority of Americans, not every single one.

So.....with Bush at 39% and dropping, "the sister" is already aware of her mistake. It's up to us to give her guidance.

By the way, I used "sister" because of the gender opposite of President "Asshole", it just as easily could be "brother".

Everybody in my entire family (except for me and my daughter) is still stuck in that "he beats me because he loves me" mode, and I remain frustrated and angry about it. Minor breakthrough with my dad, but the rest are happily battered victims.

just letting you know that the comparison is that we were correct, know what do we do?

the victim of spousal abuse. Although she has come to her senses, many enablers very easily fall into that same trap once another "charmer" :puke: mosies along.