Yesterday I saw a truck on the beltway that was covered in right-wing bumper stickers. I think it’s great that folks plaster their vehicles with political bumper stickers because it’s like the “Belling of the Cat” – every political bumper sticker, no matter what’s on it, says the same thing to me: “we will never be friends.” So there I was, tailgating and reading them all, and enjoying myself. And laughing. They were all pretty dumb, but I thought this one was especially stupid:
Well, yeah. That might be close to correct. But so what? The implication of course, is that somehow, something that the Kenyan, socialist usurper has done has caused gas to go up to $3.85 a gallon. Oooh! That Obama! [shakes fist at sky]. But…um, wasn’t something else going on in the beginning of 2009 when Obama became president? Let’s take a look:
Oh yeah – the lesser depression! Well, gee. Prices were all hitting about rock bottom then, weren’t they? And what was the price of gas just before the banks killed the economy? About what it is right now:
Now I know perfectly well that things like this bumper sticker are not supposed to be true, just “truthy” to a certain type of person, in the hopes that it manipulates a few into voting against their own best interests. But it’s kind of sad. Sad that this kind of thing has already started more than 6 months before the election.
It’s going to be a long, stupid summer.
