ROSA PARKS SPEAKS
AND THE GLOVES COME OFF

By: R.A. Hawkins

”The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”

                    --Thomas Jefferson

“Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.”

                  --Thomas Jefferson

One of the more interesting occurrences in this election cycle is watching our President reinvent himself over and over again while desperately trying to find donations. As Barney Frank pointed out regarding Obamas views on same sex marriage “he was probably inclined to think that same sex marriage was legitimate, but as a candidate for president in 2008 that would have been an unwise thing to say. And I don’t mean he’s being hypocritical. I mean that if you live in a democratic society, it is a mix of what you think the voters want and what you think is doable.”

I agree with Barney on it being suicidal for him to tell the truth on this, but our shared views on the matter go no further than that. I’m more inclined to go back to Joe Wilson’s words. “You lie!” Obama has stated several times that he’s not for gay marriage, but due to fiscal concerns (read plummeting financial support for his campaign) he has, like any political prostitute changed his stance. That Barney thinks it’s okay to not tell the truth is quite an indicator of what we have in D.C. It is also an indicator of how stupid the beltway elitists think we are. I must confess that I am surprised at how stupid we can be sometimes, but I still hold out a little hope occasionally.

As the leftwing newspapers attempt to run interference for Barak again over this same sex marriage issue I am delighted to see the gloves come off once more. It’s not like we haven’t seen this before. Brad Pitt’s mother Jane Pitt offended Angelina Jolie and numerous other hand-wringers when she penned an anti-Obama and anti-gay marriage letter.  The vitriol that poured out of the left towards Brad Pitt’s mother was incredible, but unsurprising. Anyone who is or has been paying attention to the left knows they have the kind of tolerance that has no tolerance for any views but theirs. You are welcome to disagree with them all you want, but you better shut your mouth. Nowhere else is this attitude more obvious than on this issue. The owner of Chick-Fil-A states his personal views and wrath is poured down on him from their faux moral high ground. That wrath was coming no matter what because he had opened his mouth. The media made the mistake of highlighting the statement and the various celebs had to open their tolerant mouths. August 1 was turned into Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day. The lines were long and worth it. Rosa Parks was born anew and told to sit at the back of the bus and she not only said “No!”, but the rest of the country stood up and helped Chick-Fil-A set a sales record that day.