Whatever our differences might be, we all, as Americans, share one particular challenge each and every holiday season.
Finding the perfect gift for that special someone, or someones, in our life.
At this point, this year, I think I have the what to give to who pretty much laid out, if not already done and did.
Of course, I've been around enough years now to realize when it's time to start thinking about Christmas and planning accordingly.
I just keep eyes and ears peeled as to when my friendly, neighborhood retail stores start decking the halls, and aisles, and know that its time to start fa la la la looking.
Usually sometime in late July.
This year, though, I was stumped as what I might offer up in glad tidings to my favorite little Fox News gnome.
Then, as our friends and/or loved ones so often do, he, himself, provided me all the inspiration I needed.
Conservative political strategist Karl Rove has used a provocative phrase to explain how Mitt Romney lost the presidential election Tuesday, saying President Obama won reelection “by suppressing the vote.”
Really? Few others make that assertion about the Obama victory.
And normally, the words voter suppression refer to efforts by the politically powerful to make it harder for people – especially people who might oppose the politically powerful at the polls – to cast ballots. The online reference Wikipedia defines it as tactics that "can range from minor ‘dirty tricks’ that make voting inconvenient, up to blatantly illegal activities that physically intimidate prospective voters to prevent them from casting ballots.”
Appearing on Fox News Thursday, Rove implied that Obama’s suppression strategy was to make Romney unlikeable, so that the Republican’s potential supporters wouldn’t show up to vote for him.
“He succeeded by suppressing the vote, by saying to people, 'you may not like who I am, and I know you can’t bring yourself to vote for me, but I’m going to paint this other guy as simply a rich guy who only cares about himself,' ” Rove said.
By his definition of suppression, it sounds just like traditional “opposition research” and negative advertising. Does Rove (himself a purveyor of negative ads in his work for George W. Bush and now at the Crossroads GPS group) have some different point to make, or is this just sour grapes over the election outcome?
Fox News host Megyn Kelly responded to Rove. “But I mean [Obama] won, Karl, he won.”
Before she interjected, Rove had also said this: Obama has become “the first president in history to win a second term with a smaller percentage of the vote” than four years before.
I know just what gift / I should get Karl R.
A one of a kind, personally printed and published dictionary.
With the clear and concise definitions of only a few, very special words and/or terms.
Cry baby.
Sore loser.
Candy ass.
Whiny puss. (Although that one's similarity to cry baby might result in its being edited out of the final version).
And, last, but not least, the one word I'm pretty sure would suffice if the cost of this very special custom made volume should necessitate cutting back.
Hypocrite.
Excited as you can imagine I am about this idea, I've already fired off my letter to the North Pole.
Dear Santa,
Please bring my favorite Fox News gnome, Karl Rove, a one of a kind, personally printed and published dictionary with the clear and concise defintions of only a few, very special words and or terms, which I have included here.
Oh, and Santa, if you think I've been a good enough little boy this year to add a little sweetening to the nog, I'd be delighted if you could have Karl take the place of Grandma this year when it comes to that getting run over by a reindeer thing.
Thank you...fly safe and say hello to Rudolph and the posse...
P.S. Cookies by the tree will be double stuff this year if you can pull all of this off.
Two feelings like no other each and every year about this time.
The joy of knowing the joy of the season.
And the joy of knowing all my shopping is done.
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