Why the Right Movement has yet to take off...

Yes, a huge financier may be part of the problem uniting the right to the likes of moveon.org, but I think there are a few other fundamental hurdles plaguing us as well...

1. We work. We don't lay around all day getting exact talking points from Ellen & Oprah. We also don't get included in public opinion polls taken at 2:17 in the afternoon.
   
   By the time the weekend gets here, we're tired. Or, we will be after our weekend duties are complete, and it takes a lot more to get us riled up to the point of getting out there and yelling about stuff. (Which may or may not even make the "news", see #3).
   
   We actually earn the money we get. We are more cautious about where it goes. We know that if times get rough, we are the ones we look to for bail outs. (And we LIKE IT THAT WAY.)
   
   
2. We tend to believe in concrete ideas, tangible issues, right and wrong, common sense, etc. I've seen first hand how this in and of itself, can divide the right. Should drugs be legalized, should AIG execs get bonuses, and so on.
   
   The left, however, lives in a fantasy land of vague overtones and shades of gray. Nothing is altogether right or wrong, whatever is good for you, etc. This makes it EXTREMELY easy to unite behind generic concepts that don't actually mean a friggin' thing. Lame feel good concepts like "hope" and "change" and "Bush sucks".
   
   
3. Grass-roots movement strength and growth is seriously hampered by selective reporting by the mainstream media, music industry, and Hollywood. In addition to their current love affair with Soros and BO, we also have to deal with the demonizing of our current icons like Limbaugh and Bush. They give relevence to what would otherwise be seen as childish smack about the right. I mean, "Bush sucks" has so much momentum and acceptance, I swear I've actually heard it as an argument.
   
   Now, can you imagine everyone running around saying "Obama sucks"? Dang, that's either racist, or just dumb.
   
   I'm just not sure that even if we had a super-blog like the dailykos, that it would be given the cogency to survive.