Driving across Kansas yesterday, I was repeatedly schooled on the Conservative message that, they hope, will give them control of the Senate after next week's election. In a nutshell: they will oppose every program or policy that the Obama Administration has ever enacted, proposed or considered.
Voicing a disdain for the Federal Government (with the obvious exception of the Department of Defense), Conservative Republicans still promise to repeal Obamacare and to eliminate other frivolous components of the Federal Bureaucracy (such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Education); no word on cutting the Farm Bill or the Agriculture budget. While they abhor governmental regulations that "threaten" corporate profits and gun ownership, they are quick to promise legal action that will block, abolish or diminish the rights of women, gays and immigrants. In effect, they hope to impose their Conservative "values" on the rest of American society.
Tonight, as witches, goblins and pirates invade our front porch, I will feign fright in the spirit of Halloween. In reality, the words and policies of Conservative politicians are far more unsettling.
