Nonsensical Protest Marches: A Mexican Thang?
Last April and May, the entire world was witness to one of the most remarkable displays of human stupidity imaginable: Millions of illegal aliens from Mexico marched through American cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas etc. to DEMAND citizenship and all benefits accruing thereto.
Many were even foolish enough to carry the Mexican flag and signs reading ‘Yes we Can,” in Spanish.
Keep in mind we are talking about criminals who, by law, should have been rounded up and kicked out.
People with absolutely no legal or moral standing in the US, and who cost American taxpayers upwards of $100 billion per year in public services to which they are not entitled!
Yes, these criminals took to American streets to demand citizenship and to protest legislation passed by duly-elected members of the US House of Representatives.
Unbelievable stupidity!
Only in America, right?
Not quite.
Third-world Mexico just held a national election, a very close race between Lopez Obrador, a liberal leftist, and Felipe Calderon, a conservative.
Obrador and Calderon have been neck and neck in the polls over the past 60 days, but it now appears as though Calderon won on election day.
And how did Obrador supporters handle defeat?
In a very Mexican way: Hundreds of thousands invaded the streets to protest election results and to charge fraud. They essentially refused to accept election results.
Think back to 2000 and one of the most gut-wrenching and difficult presidential elections in US history. It took several weeks and intervention by the highest court in the land before the matter was settled.
And how did US Democrats handle this most bitter defeat? How many took to the streets to protest?
The good news is that the most irresponsible Democrat is far more sophisticated than most Mexicans, whether the Mexican is in America illegally or stuck in the 3rd-world disaster called home.
There was, and still is, much political rancor and bitterness from Democrats about 2000. But there have been no nonsensical street marches or threats of violence.
One wonders why protesters do not simply write, call, fax or email congress to make their opinions known, rather than engaging in mindless adventures on the streets.
But that would require literacy, a commodity apparently in very short supply in the protest marcher community.
Perhaps the marchers’ ‘Yes, We Can’ refrain should be updated to a more realistic ‘No You Can’t.’
John Lillpop is a recovering liberal, "clean and sober" since 1992 when last he voted for a Democrat. Pray for John: He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where people like Nancy Pelosi are considered reasonable! | More from John Lillpop
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