Posted by
Furious on Saturday, September 06, 2008 8:47:17 AM
It has been written about and spoken about many times before, but it sometimes bears repeating. We still basically have a two party system, despite our occasional third party flirtations, and one of the two simply does not have a sense of humor. I avoid people and political parties who do not ever laugh-at themselves- particularly those who try to impose their grimness upon me.
I think it was yesterday when the “Daily Kos” continued its attacks on Mrs. Palin by proudly pointing out that she did not auction the governor’s private jet on E-Bay, as she claimed in a punch line in her acceptance speech the other day. Earth to Progressives….it was a joke. It was sarcasm. It poked fun at the liberals in power who believe that they are somehow entitled to whatever perks they can squeeze out of the constituency. So here come the liberals, all proud of themselves at this earth shaking discovery, once again making complete fools of themselves.
Lack of a sense of humor is not exclusive to liberals, but it does appear that the conservatives shy away from blowhards. We normally do not nominate sour, dour, serious only candidates who are full of themselves. Romney may have lost out because he came across as a little defensive and stiff.
McCain may have won the nomination simply because his campaign started with desperation, Hail Mary pass. He played fast and loose and sprinkled almost every interview with self-deprecation, a joke or two, and a playful jab or two at his opposition. It worked because conservatives do not take government as a means to fix every ill that befalls us. For us, government is nothing more than a necessary evil. So we keep it in its proper perspective by ridiculing it as much as possible.
To progressives, this is sacrilegious. Government and its various offshoots, is virtually a religion to them.
To further back up my point, just watch Obama for a week, without even looking at McCain. Obama treats every question as a serious, almost life threatening incident. He is ultra sensitive to criticism. He mumbles and stutters when given a difficult question, as though he thinks the world hangs on his every nuance. McCain and most on the conservative side are just as likely to give a sarcastic or funny remark when faced with a tough question, than a nuanced one that twists the language into knots, as Obama often does.
Obama, Kerry, Gore and almost every major party leader of the left suffer the same malady. They are all arrogant, humorless, hyper-sensitive and over-serious political sycophants. Humorless people scare me.And humorless people with power scare the hell out of me.