Obama is going to win.

People want to be taken care of, it is as simple as that.  It’s too much trouble to worry over living within your means, saving up for large purchases, or even saving money for the future.  The government should do that for us, yeah!  They’re good at organizing things, YEAH!  People want to be taken care of, and this slick huckster, this snake oil salesman, is promising to do it.  

That it will be done at the cost of every principle our founding fathers fought and died for is apparently irrelevant.

I’m tired of paying for health care, they whine, as if they’re teenagers being forced to save their allowance to buy that sleazy must-have new shirt from Hot Topic.  Does it matter that socialized health care systems are proven to be nightmarish collections of bottom-drawer doctors, underfunded facilities, and months-long waiting lists?  Just where do they think the funds for this Brave New World will spring?  Surely not from their own pockets.  How about the Evil CEOs of Evil Corporations?  They’ve got lots of money; let’s tax them into oblivion!  Surely that won’t cause consumer goods prices to rise, and force companies out of business, further reducing competition and even further driving up prices.   

Before you know it, the remaining businesses will be struggling because no one can afford their over-priced products, which will cause the Best Government Ever to attempt to rescue them by infusing a metric shitload of cash…tax-payer cash, mind you…and walla!  Nationalized banks, nationalized industry…hello socialism!  The Messiah can then tell you all exactly what to buy, and at what price, and you’ll have nothing more to worry over.

Good lord, it’s as if these people were all toking up behind the gym during Civics class or something.

So yes, Obama is going to win because a whole lot of people who are just plain tired of thinking for themselves want him to kiss the boo-boo and make it all better.  Part of me wants to make up a big batch of popcorn and sit back and watch the inevitable hilarity ensue.  A larger part of me wants to stock up on ammo, build up the fence just a few feet higher, and store all valuables in the cellar.

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