Right or RIGHT?!

Being something of a serious writer (well, a value on coherent thought and argument), reading most blogs is an effort in futility most times. At times it feels like maybe Ray Bradbury was on to something all those years ago a la "A Sound of Thunder." Proper grammar and punctuation has unfortunately fallen far by the wayside in current publications.

Enter Kevin Fulton, new blogger on the republican-leaning site Big Jolly Politics. On his first posting to the site, "Voting is a Moral Obligation," he reaches out to like-minded readers by appealing to their well-documented platform, discussing Abortion, Racism, and Envy. His use of charged language fails to connect to those seeking non-combative information, however, only serving to further the gap between the parties.

With today's focus on the alleged "War On Women" covered by some news sources, and this blog posting seems to verify there is validity to this "war." Mr. Fulton refers to babies as "defenseless" and that Democrats try to convince people that abortion "is a viable method of birth-control." How is telling women what they can and can't do with their bodies NOT a war (of sorts) on the gender? However, this line of thought is directly relatable to the Republican Party base.

As an African-American, the author does have more of a unique view of potential racism within the Republican part. His argument claims there is not rampant racism within his adopted party; rather, the Democratic party was "built on racism." He justifies this theory by attempting to link the modern Democrat with the Southern Democrats responsible for the KKK and other discriminatory groups. Again, this serves to appease his target audience, who are already in agreement with him.

Finally, Mr. Fulton seeks to pin the blame for criminals solely onto the Obama administration's back. The President is (apparently) also responsible for the diviseness currently inhabiting the political discourse. Kevin refers to the "virus of envy" that must surely be blamed on policies enacted in the past four years, as if crime did not exist prior to 2008.

Obviously, the blog posting, being hosted on a Republican-leaning site, reaches out to its intended audience. It provides a view by a minority citizen which attempts to substantiate the positions posed by the Republican party. However, anyone not already of the same line of thought will be turned-off by the charged commentary provided within. His arguments are clear only to those who don't seek to be convinced.