POST-ELECTION REALITIES

Was the Election, itself, the most significant MASK?

 

Romney's various masks were psychosocial; permitting him to hide in plain sight significant things like his finances,  and his religious beliefs.  His "plan" for all of us, and for this economy (include also the future of global finance) were also hidden. 

 

The election, itself, masked our lurking fiscal cliff,  the ten-year flip of leadership in China which takes place today, and the most important demographic change affecting our future -- the shrinking white electorate.

 

Now that the threat of Mitt and the Repoobs, that grand parlay, has been successfully called and beaten by the electorate, we have to sift and sort the results.  It will be a bit like reading "the bones" to devine our future, but its a task we each must undertake if we're to remain awake and vigilant.

 

The most  frequently cited facts point to the "demographic" of skin color.  It is precisely that demographic seized by Tricky Dick in the wake of George Wallace's failed venture into national politics.  Mad Ronnie and the early Repoobs rode that demographic to great effect, followed by the Bush(es).  Could it be that the era has passed; caused by the declining numbers of race-focused voters, who, linked up with Southern Christian fundamentalist religions, have run the political tables since the mid-70s?

 

It's clear that a new unity of  black, brown, and Asian voters joined with young voters and single women to beat back the threat.  Will this be the new voter-coalition for this country?  The results of the vote, though not a land-slide, were, never-the-less unambiguous! 

 

The mind-boggling amounts of money spent in building the bubble surrounding Mitt and the Repoobs, largely by Wall Streeters who hate the President, seem to mimic the loss of wealth when the Bush-era bubbles burst. 

 

Maybe this loss of weallth will bring a return of  sobering reality..  we can only hope.  The failure of  the members of our House of Representatives to "get a grip" would truly be disastrous for us all.

Stay Vigilant!

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