My Word: A mighty big rat
LARRY ANDERSON
Larry Anderson
A short time ago the economy was booming, unemployment was at its lowest point in half a century, and there seemed to be no limit to what the country could accomplish. We were in control of our lives and direction, and it was obvious President Trump’s policies were the right ones for a bright future. This spelled trouble for Democrats with an election on the horizon.
Enter COVID-19. Look at us now.
Understand I am not nor have I ever been a conspiracy theorist, but I am naturally a skeptic. When I see a cursed pandemic reconciling with the agenda of a wholly unified political party, I begin to suspect more than coincidence.
The left has leveraged our new troubles into political activism. You are likely aware of this because it has occurred in many ways, but here are a few instances for perspective.The coronavirus has distracted from Trump’s many successes. For example, record low unemployment went high in a very short time, and Trump can no longer point to a current positive. Democrats could profit from those with a short memory. At least therein lies their hope and a motive for their hate-filled rhetoric.
The economy is wobbly now. Retailers and small businesses have been hit especially hard, and the left can exploit uncertainty, anger and frustration on the part of those struggling. And they do.
Trump has been tied to COVID-19 by liberals as if it is his fault alone. Nancy “Speech Ripper” Pelosi, for instance, has labeled it “Trump virus,” as if that has even an atom of truth. Failed liberal candidates insist they could have handled the situation better, but, of course, there is no way to prove that. They recognize political profit without risk.
You can tell how easy that is.
There are hints now of never returning to how things were (secure, prosperous, forward-looking). Instead we are warned of a “new normal” that has slipped seamlessly into place. All that is needed now is duration as we adjust to life without fun, church, school, reduced social interaction, and an expanding governmental presence. All these points conform with leftist intentions. They also collide with individual freedom and constitutional rights for which the hard left cares nothing.
There is confusion, uncertainty about the future, and a sense of powerlessness for many people. This suggests they could be open to change.
Basement Joe Biden perhaps?
That would not be change, folks. That would more of the old same.
The cohesion of recent events has been a little too neat, too purposeful, and way too fast. While we are cowering behind our masks for what amounts to yet another flu, the liberals have been gnawing away at the American fabric.
No, I don’t think the American left conspired directly with their Chinese political brethren to unleash a morbid virus upon the world’s old folks, but I do believe radicals were prepared for the opportunity it presented. After all, every crisis must be exploited or one isn’t a very good leftist. It’s Alinsky 101.
When lefties say things will never be the same, they know what they mean even if many Americans presently do not. They intend to change us socially, economically, educationally, materially, historically, philosophically and eternally, and they will use every means available, including and especially tragedy. It’s about them, not you, and ethics matter not a whit.
It’s way past time for everyone to understand the left for what it is. It’s time to wake up, folks, and time to get busy. America needs us.
Yes, I detect a big ol’ rat scurrying within the COVID-19 hysteria, but the solution to a rat is a cat with claws. We should be that cat.
Larry W. Anderson is a retired educator.
