{"id":919,"date":"2008-05-21T08:22:34","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T15:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=919"},"modified":"2008-05-21T08:22:34","modified_gmt":"2008-05-21T15:22:34","slug":"battered-nation-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=919","title":{"rendered":"Battered Nation Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the eight year long nightmare that is the Bush Administration limps to a close, the threat of more pain and suffering is dangled over our heads by the Republican Party that has been so much a part of the recent pattern of abuse. And like many perpetrators of domestic violence, Republicans are begging us to take them back while promising that <em>&#8220;it will never happen again.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Pix\/Campaign08\/republicans-change.jpg\"\/><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=912\" target=\"_blank\">Another irony<\/a> of the new Republican slogan, <em>&#8220;The Change You Deserve,&#8221;<\/em> is that it echoes the defense that victims of abuse make for their abusers. Battered spouses commonly excuse their tormentors by claiming that the beatings were deserved; that it was the victim&#8217;s fault for having angered the perpetrator. Now Republicans are simultaneously warning that we&#8217;re going to get what we deserve, and swearing that the future will be better because they can change.<\/p>\n<p>Most mental health professionals would be staring America in the face right about now and strongly advising us not to buy it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the eight year long nightmare that is the Bush Administration limps to a close, the threat of more pain and suffering is dangled over our heads by the Republican Party that has been so much a part of the recent pattern of abuse. And like many perpetrators of domestic violence, Republicans are begging us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1],"tags":[300,301],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election","category-general","tag-change","tag-republicans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-eP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":635,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=635","url_meta":{"origin":919,"position":0},"title":"Democrats And Media: Battered Party Syndrome","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/8\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A newly released Gallup poll reveals a national trust gap with regard to the media. 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