Signal that the bashlash in Indiana - has finally been heard by the Gov.

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32. OF COURSE he didn't see the backlash coming! He has not a clue about what the real world thinks.

He's just another teabagger/extremist CON who pays attention only to the gospel according to Pox Noise and hate radio - and THAT is his reality.

OF COURSE he would NOT anticipate the blowback that he created.

OF COURSE he didn't see it coming and didn't expect any such thing. He clearly surrounds himself only with fellow nutcases, who ALSO didn't see it coming - because nobody he listens to warned him about this. That's because there WAS no one around who had a more realistic, normal view. They pay no attention to anyone with OUR worldview, for example. Ours is just summarily dismissed as invalid or hedonistic or godless. So he pays no attention to that. Doesn't bother figuring that kind of viewpoint into his equations AT ALL. Our side really has no relevance to him, and we frankly don't exist in his world. We're just there to be blocked and defied and undercut and muzzled and mocked and maybe reformed or taken to one of those deprogramming camps to screw all our heads back on "right." So when it smacks him full-on in the face like a big fat shitty cream pie, it takes him completely by surprise. Not only do we exist, WE HAVE A VOICE, TOO. A powerful one. AND we have allies - even in the business community which I'm sure he NEVER in a million years would have expected to find such a mindset. Everybody's a religionista just like he is, correct? Or they damn well should be!

But... but... but... you mean I actually have to allow for another point of view? I have to get it through my thick skull that some people will see this VERY differently than my crowd does - and they actually have an impact? I thought only MY side had an impact. I thought only MY side counted. I thought the interests of MY side were all the interests there even WERE! What the hell happened?

Just guessing, of course, but when some of these folks get a little power under their belts using the formulae and approaches and policy sloganeering they have, seems to me they start to take on an air of invincibility. OF COURSE this is a good idea. God's on OUR side! OF COURSE this is good and necessary in this increasingly heathen world! OF COURSE everybody's going to sing its praises!

Oh... wait...

Rude awakening mr. governor. GREAT debut you just made on the national stage! And you actually think YOU'RE ready to run for the White House! As they say in the Queen song: "Another one bites the dust!" Mr. Candidate "My-religion-says-I-don't-have-to-work-with-you." Yeah, THAT will serve you well in the 21st Century, kid.