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GOP Armageddon.

April 14, 2015 by  
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“I was dreamin’ when I wrote this

Forgive me if it goes astray…

 

But when I woke up this morning

Could’ve sworn it was Judgment Day.

The sky was all purple,

There were people runnin’ everywhere

 

Tryin’ to run from the destruction

You know I didn’t even care

‘Cuz they say 2000 zero zero party over, oops, out of time!”

 

So begins the classic Prince song “1999.” Although it’s Monday morning as I’m writing this, yesterday was Judgment Day for conservatives throughout America. Hillary Rodham Clinton – former First Lady, former distinguished Senator from the great state of New York, and former U.S. Secretary of State – officially declared herself a 2016 candidate for President. Non-thinking Republicans have already begun reacting by chanting “Benghazi” and/or “email server-gate.” Confident Republicans are shouting “Not Ready for Hillary” or “No Clinton 2.0!” However, thinking Republicans – who make up the vast majority of the right side of the political aisle – know what time it really is. They’re well aware that barring Clinton being revealed as the true leader of ISIS, causing a melee on live television, or robbing a bank, she will be the 2016 Democratic Presidential Nominee. It’s a dark day for thinking Republicans because they see Clinton’s entry into the presidential race for what it truly is: the end of days for almost every 2016 GOP presidential candidate. For the right wing, this is Armageddon.CLINTON 2016

From the American political party that brought you the first black President in American history comes a woman who could and should be the first female President in American history.

Leaders on the right wasted no time crying foul. To them, Hillary Clinton is Lady MacBeth, Darth Vaderess, Keyser Soze, Ultron, the Benghazi Boogeywoman, and cat-burgler of the people’s emails all rolled up into one. Sticks and stones.

Somebody get a cold compress and some Advil for Rush Limbaugh. Sean Hannity, now might be a great time for a vacation. Mark Levin, it’s naptime. The next 19 months will surely feel like an eternity for these leaders of right-wing radio – and for their faithful listeners. Glenn Beck might need some smelling salts, too.

Words matter. The right spent the entirety of President Obama’s first term in office wishing aloud that Clinton had prevailed in her 2008 showdown with the President. GOP leaders from Arizona Senator John McCain to former Vice-President Dick Cheney to South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham repeatedly stated in videotaped interviews and at press conferences how much more reasonable Clinton would have been as Commander-in-Chief than Obama. They sang Clinton’s praises for years for three reasons: [1] partly because it was the truth, [2] primarily to embarrass President Obama by unfavorably comparing him to Clinton, and [3] they secretly knew that if she ran for the White House after Obama left office, there was very little they could do to stop her. By the way, you can expect to see numerous campaign commercials starring those aforementioned Republicans taking turns calling Clinton the greatest thing since Texas toast.

GOP, cue up Prince’s “1999.” Or if you don’t feel like dancing, play REM’s “The End of the World” instead:

“It’s the end of the world as (you) know it, and (you) feel fine.”

According to the book of Revelations in the Holy Bible, Armageddon is the place where the last battle between good and evil will be fought. Armageddon also happens to be the name of a hill in Megiddo – an archaeological site on the plain of Esdraelon, south of present-day Haifa in Israel. Colloquially, Armageddon can be applied to virtually any scenario in which your side/team is staring down the prospect of what our British cousins would call a tanning. In case you’re unfamiliar with the term, a tanning means someone took a loss in capital letters. I regret to inform my Republican friends and neighbors that Clinton’s candidacy will directly result in the tanning of many 2016 GOP hopefuls. A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll showed Clinton holding the support of 73 percent of those likely to vote Democratic. In the 30-year history of that poll, no one had ranked so highly for the Democrats at this point. Translation: happy trails, Rick Perry. Surf’s up, Marco Rubio. Mission more impossible, Ted Cruz. Are you really sure, Scott Walker? And to Bobby Jindal, John Kasich, Rick Snyder, and Rick Santorum, hindsight is 20/20 – as in the year 2020. Dear Mike Pence and Rick Scott, the party’s over.

Rand Paul – the Libertarian/Republican hybrid 2016 candidate for President – offers some genuinely interesting viewpoints on criminal justice system reform, and is the rare GOP candidate who has actually attempted outreach to Americans of color. To the Republican base, however, those two facts disqualify him. Chris Christie may have missed his window of opportunity. Jeb Bush has lots of explaining to do, especially if he plans to bring compassionate conservation back. He will likely win the 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination through attrition – only to lose to Clinton.

1999 was a very good year. Hillary’s husband was President then.

POTUS says Clinton “will make an excellent president.” I concur. Madame Secretary certainly isn’t perfect, but she’s finally all in. If she runs well, she will win. Welcome to Armageddon, GOP (or Armaclinton if you prefer)! At least, you saw it coming.

Staff Writer; Arthur L. Jones, III

This talented brother is a local Minister, weekly featured Democratic Op-Ed columnist, non-profit advisor, and sees the Braves winning it all this fall. Rev. Jones welcomes your comments! Please email him directly at: tcdppress@gmail.com.


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3 Responses to “GOP Armageddon.”
  1. hassan_aziz says:

    ill never understand why “men of God” continue to support a political party with an agenda to willfully engage in racial genocide against our people, and destroy all human life. Arthur Jones is a filthy fraud because he encourages the support and pledges his undying loyalty, whether or not it truly serves the best interest of “his people”. he is all in and everything and anything as long as he can put his political thumb into the eye of the white man, his hatred is soo strong he is willing to sacrifice his own people to do it.

    he is about as Godly or a man of God as the other maggots in our mist like sharpton, jackson, etc….. never i have heard any of these maggots once speak for the 2000 plus black babies that will loose their lives while they are in their mother’s womb, all the while you all scream BLACK LIVES MATTER…

    oh really? instead, you all just sit on here and bash and lambaste, whites, conservatives, tea party, etc. because they dont want to have their tax dollars funding our women killing their own children, breast implants, or men wanting to remove their genitalia to become a woman. yeah they are real evil people, the fact is, the real racists have done a real good number on most of your negroes. they have you hating people that in most cases want nothing bad for you, other than to parent your children, be self sufficient, and innovators… your racist handlers believe you are not capable of any of that, that is why they tell you they need to extort working people through the tax system in a promise that you will benefit from it, but you dont…

    you get subsidized single parent families, and chicken feed, and you are taught to embrace infanticide, and living in your ghetto, where misogyny, criminality, reign supreme… since pops aint around, a man’s right of passage is prison, and displaying his dominance by how many men he has buggered while he was incarcerated, and how many single moms he made while he was on the street. i dont nor have i ever supported this filth, and if any of your negroes ever end up in my presence flossing, talking trash, i will give it to your in person as i have many times. as i said, you are no longer needed, just when voting time comes around and they need to pimp you, bitch slap you, and throw you to the curb when they are done with yo ass. any of you negroes want to respond fine, i understand, that most of you are infantile, in mind and action and cant wrap your head around these concepts. but dont let these ministers of mayhem and filth lead you astray, just like it says when we all stand in judgement, the false prophets pleading their case before God, about the demons they expelled, their good deeds, etc. will be seen in God’s eyes as workers of iniquity and will be cast into the lake of fire.

    check out what a real minister is doing to educate our people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnjCUVgW0hc

  2. ROBERT says:

    BROTHERS & SISTERS and we are not children or slaves and we should not allowed ourselves to be talked to and treated as such, politics is a very serious issue, do not allow people like ARTHUR, ERIC OR, EARL, press your emotional buttons and get you to throw away your vote and receive nothing in return, demand to be treated and respected as others are here,let’s quit allowing the DEMOCRATS to use us as front men and fools!

  3. SuzyQue says:

    The brother seems like a very sincere and talented man. Too bad he’s so wrong about almost everything.

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