“Go f*** yourself …”
John Boehner said that to Harry Reid’s face. Without the asterisks, of course.
It came after Reid publicly blasted Boehner for running a “dictatorship”
in the House and near the end of the recent fiscal cliff legislation
fiasco.
I’m sure Reid was surprised.
He asked Boehner to repeat what he’d said – and to his credit, Boehner
did. Just so there was no
misunderstanding. Boehner said it and
he meant it.
Good for him.
Now maybe you were offended that Boehner used such
language.
I wasn’t. Sometimes
it’s completely warranted.
In fact, Boehner probably just articulated – with enviable brevity
– what a lot of us would like to say to any number of sitting members of
Congress and to the President and Vice-President as well. And let’s not forget the political hacks like
Axelrod and Plouffe that surround them.
Go ahead … tell me that you haven’t had those words cross
your lips. Ever?
When some Democrat lectures us on TV that Obama and his
party have a mandate from the American people to do whatever they want, I know
my response. Maybe yours as well.
Sure, I may be saying it to the TV; I still wish they could
hear me.
I also wish John McCain had said it to Obama after the 2008
election. You know, when Obama staged a “bipartisan”
meeting to exchange ideas and then cut off suggestions from McCain and other Republicans
by saying: “The election’s over … I won.”
What a perfect time for McCain to say “Go f*** yourself.” We would have cheered.
There’s still time for Mitt to do it, but I think McCain
would have been more likely to drop the F bomb than Mitt. Not saying Mitt isn’t thinking it; just that
he doesn’t seem the type. Pity.
Back to you … can you honestly tell me you haven’t had those
three little words at least cross your mind, if not your lips at some point recently?
Like, say, when some Democrat acquaintance unjustly accuses you
of being a racist, bigot, or worse, simply because you don’t agree with everything
Obama’s doing?
Or perhaps when government officials try to make you feel
bad because you run a business?
Or when politicians attempt to make you feel guilty because
while you’re working your ass off every day, you tend not to have a lot of compassion
for those people who’ve taken a two-year paid vacation on their unemployment
benefits – and now they want even more?
And when somebody attacks you as a heartless monster merely
for expressing your view that some social programs might be a waste of money – those
three words don’t occur to you?
I know they do to me.
Granted, saying the words doesn’t change anyone’s mind. But the act of saying them can make you feel
better.
So take a moment.
Take a breath. And say them out
loud, without the asterisks.
Sometimes they are precisely the right words, at the right
time.
Give it a shot.
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