The Crazy Left

I've heard a bunch lately about how the "gay community" is upset with the Obama Administration because it filed a brief supporting a Defense of Marriage Act in a case. I even heard one activist saying that they realized that the Administration was obligated to defend the act, but that they did not think it needed to do so as enthusiastically as it did.

I note that the attorney involved on behalf of the government has the obligation to file the best brief he can. If he softballs it, he is behaving in a manner which, in the perfect world, would earn him disciplinary action from whatever bars he belongs to.

Second there seems to be a larger picture problem. The radical, strike that, crazy left seems to be acting like spoiled children on several issues. Having had "their candidate" elected, they wanted all their radical changes made immediately, now, right away, instantly, and overnight. When that hasn't occurred, they are now throwing the equivalent of a political temper tantrum -- they are threatening to take their money and their votes an walk away from Obama. Boy that'll teach him! If enough do that, he won't get elected next time. And then we can have another King George W. or some other conservative crackpot. I'm sure that forcing that result will really make the liberal crazies happy. That'll teach those moderate Democrats.

Same comment for the Crazy Liberals and their demands for the health care package.

'Course the Radical Left voted for Kerry and Gore before him so we know their political worth. Obama won because he carried the middle. And the middle is not necessarily supportive of the Radical Left's agenda. So, in essence, the Left is saying that we know we need those guys, but now that we are elected, fuck 'em. I can't think of a faster way to get a Republican Congress or a Republican in the White House.

And Obama is smart enough to understand it. He talked all through his campaign about healing the divide etc. You don't heal a divide by pursuing the agenda of one extreme. He may get to it eventually, but all the Left is doing right now is making it harder to pursue their agenda. Face it, in view of the economy, nuclear-bio-terrorism, and the extinction level threat from climate change, whether or not Ralph and Roger can get married to each other and then enroll in socialized health care is pretty irrelevant.