Ignore Your Constituents At Your Peril - 2010

January 2010 is the time for mid-term elections and it's usually a time when political incumbents ramp up their rhetoric to get re-elected. Given the recent history of the manner in which politicians have been treating and responding to the American people, it's likely to become very perilous for their re-election bids.

From the $787,000,000,000 "stimulus" package to Cap and Trade and finally with the current health care dilemma and everything in between, Americans have had enough of the spending. However, what really has us pissed off is the overt and deliberate dismissal and downright nastiness of politicians' responses to genuine anger.

Let's revisit some of it:

Nancy Pelosi

“These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views — but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American. Drowning out the facts is how we failed at this task for decades...”

Or how about this from the Queen Speaker

I think they’re Astroturf… You be the judge. They’re carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare.

Dick Durbin

"I'll tell you what's wrong with this. When there's a group of people honestly sitting in the middle ... and someone takes the microphone and screams and shouts until the meeting comes to an end, that isn't dialogue."

Jim Messina

“If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard..."

And then we seen what that meant when Kenneth Gladney, a black protester handing out "Don't Tread On Me" flags was beaten by SEIU thugs at Russ Carnahan's town hall meeting.

Then there is the liberal media, that guardian of truth and fairness. You know them, MSNBC, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, NYT and the rest of their ilk, who spent millions to get Obama elected and are doing everything they can to cover and support his administration. However, they decide to take it a step further and play the race card every chance they get because they know it plays right into the hands of the far left.

And they do so at their own peril.

They are going to be in for a big surprise come January 2010 when they see a shift in the House and Senate.