May 1, 2008
“It is not whether you win or lose, it’s how you played the game” is an old adage that few today believe is the case in politics. After suffering through years of win at all costs and negative propaganda emanating out of the American political arena, citizenry feel like General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox when he surrendered to the Union army. Enough already! Please name your terms! Basta!
Being constantly bombarded by distorted, out-of-context ads from the Obama and Clinton camps have left one dismayed and disillusioned. The two Democratic candidates, along with “a kinder and gentler Sen. John McCain,” have through their trivial attacks and counterattacks on each other created an atmosphere of confusion and exasperation with the American political system. The Neanderthals and talking vacuum heads in the media have also done this great nation a great disservice by focusing on these irrelevant issues.
On April 28 on CNN I listened to the National Press Club attempt to discredit the Rev. Jeremy Wright for his comments that have impacted negatively on the Barack Hussein Obama campaign. While I have never fully embraced the Obama message, it was indeed interesting to listen to an intelligent yet vain individual such as the Rev. Wright make the National Press Club look less than professional. While the Rev. Wright may be his own worst enemy, the questions from the NPC moderator were shallow and cliché ridden. If this is the best that the National Press Club can generate as far as probing queries, heaven help us!
I have expressed my opinion in the past as to who should be the next president of the United States, but alas my champion was found lacking. However, as an outside observer with “no dog in this hunt,” I can only say that this nation will elect the president that they deserve. The nation has been dumbed down to the point that voters can become readily manipulated. Just remember Sen. Kerry and the Swift Boat caper. If the media and politicians can convince through patriotic jargon and jingoism that we must stay in Iraq for 100 years then that will be what happens. If an African American or woman candidate for president can persuade the American people to follow their “progressive” policies then so be it. Sadly, from my vantage point it is becoming a moot point since the military industrial complex along with lobbyists and political consultants will be the deciding influence in the upcoming election. It is ironic that it was a Republican president, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who stated “beware of the military industrial complex.” However, “Ike” always put his national interests ahead of himself. In trying to end on a somewhat positive note, I can only cite Dr. Pangloss in Voltaire’s Candide: “Everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.”