(sigh)
After two weeks of political conventions, partisan rancor, oneupmanship stunts, I'm ready for this election season to be
After two weeks of political conventions, partisan rancor, oneupmanship stunts, I'm ready for this election season to be
O
V
E
R.
I can't recall campaigns this ugly in a lot of years, and it doesn't serve us well as Americans. We've got it wrong and I doubt if either side has the stones to make it right.
And do we really WANT presidential candidates to identify with Joe Blow Everyman? I, for one, do not. Why, you ask? Here's why. Because the American people in general are so ill-informed, so "gimme" oriented that I would shudder to have a leader who sponsored more of the same. I want the person running the country to see past the free lunch. It doesn't matter what color, what gender, how young, how old that person is -- so long as he or she understands that we have become America Improper and we need fixing as a people.
I'm just not sure there's anyone out there who can motivate us in the right direction any more.
(sigh)
And do we really WANT presidential candidates to identify with Joe Blow Everyman? I, for one, do not. Why, you ask? Here's why. Because the American people in general are so ill-informed, so "gimme" oriented that I would shudder to have a leader who sponsored more of the same. I want the person running the country to see past the free lunch. It doesn't matter what color, what gender, how young, how old that person is -- so long as he or she understands that we have become America Improper and we need fixing as a people.
I'm just not sure there's anyone out there who can motivate us in the right direction any more.
(sigh)
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