In 2012 Barack Obama will win a second term as president of these United States.
And all because people are finally seeing the right's malicious methodology with every passing smear, relentlessly peddled historical inaccuracy, knee-jerk flavor of the week endorsement and garish scheme it spawns.
It's like when the Gracie's dominated grappling and MMA stuff for years: only they knew the ground game and they dominated their opponents because all fights eventually end up there.
But eventually it dawned on even the most accomplished martial artists that that's where they were losing. Their own failures taught them; they studied and trained and now compete with -- and often defeat -- the Gracies using the very techniques that won them their deserved success and renown. And if you've never been choked out by a professional, you don't know what you're missing (that was a blatant "fear" plug).
And so goes the country after having lived through the trouncing of Democracy courtesy of the corporate right-wing neo-cons whose mission is to perpetuate and expand their profiteering at The People's expense. These shrewd gamers have played the democratic process and the people who believe in it for all it's worth, from the grassroots all the way to the bloomin' fruits, themselves apparently impervious to the charms of living in a democratic society and always with the overarching aim of thwarting it; The People are starting to wriggle out of their stocks and bonds (see what I did there?).
Because having jettisoned all subtlety and reason to make their case for a "conservative" approach to governance, the bald application of their methods have instead thrown a harsh light onto their motives.
And instead of rallying, they've repelled: it simply DOES NOT make sense to pepper spray peaceful protesters; it DOES NOT make sense to vilify teachers; it DOES NOT make sense to make seniors and the infirm pay and pay and pay; it DOES NOT make sense to let these people lead through treachery anymore. Any ideology that has to rely on Orwellian doublespeak and fear in order to gain support is probably, let's say, lacking validity.
And so, in spite of the 'round-the-clock punditry parsing and dicing and regurgitating any and every possible and impossible scenario in order to fill the airwaves, in 2012 Barack Obama will win a second term as president of these United States.
Because, when the dust settles (not that the dust-makers would ever consider letting it) it will have also become clear that this president has had to do what he has done solely because of the 24 hour a day onslaught by the right to prevent him from governing in any way. His priority has been to tame the wildly malicious elements that comprise his -- and Democracy's -- zealous opposition.
People's senses (if not always their sense) are being woken up. The Tea Party has, in its basic thrust, more in common with OWS than their corporate underwriters would have them think. But even the Tea Party is starting to shake the cobwebs from their heads and soon -- who knows? -- might even join forces with their ideological (though perhaps aesthetically opposing) allies, who also see a system rife with greed and corruption, who also understand the grip corporations have on the legislative process, who know the value of regulations, who understand the pride in serving one's community and country, who see their own parents and grandparents suffering at the hands of unscrupulous corporate shills and who also realize that their dreams and lives have been co-opted by sociopaths in shepherd's clothing.
So, emboldened by the stirring of The People, and more by the obvious panic in the eyes and actions of those who would take their submission for granted, I say that In 2012 Barack Obama will win a second term as president of these United States.
At least, let's hope so.