“The
best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average
voter.” - Winston Churchill
As
I see poll after poll consistently showing how close the 2012 Presidential Election
is, I want to break into a rant about how incredibly irrational the American
people have become. This really isn’t a
tough decision, and we shouldn’t try to make it one. How can anyone chose to vote for a man that
had no tangible record before being elected president, and has spent the last
four years creating one of nothing but division, incompetence, inconsistency,
arrogance, and pandering. He is the very
definition of a demagogue, and yet somehow he is still believed to be a
superior selection by many to a man whose life is the very definition of
success. Instead of holding up Romney’s impressive
record of achievement as a scarlet letter or badge of shame, perhaps we should appreciate
it for the notable resume it creates and tap into it by electing him. But no, instead close to half of the
electorate seems determined to reelect the corrupt Chicago political machine’s
favorite son. A “leader” that has only
succeeded in emboldening our enemies, making our allies doubt us, and moving us
further away from the beliefs that made us the nation that the rest of the
world looks to. Though we live in an age
where information is more readily available than at any other time in history,
we have reached a level of oblivion that is unprecedented. I understand that news is now so influenced
by the media’s heavily liberal personal opinions and political ideology that it
is closer to propaganda than straight facts, but the truth is still out there for
those willing to simply pay attention. Is
it that we have become so apathetic that we no longer demand our leaders to be
the best of us, or to even be leaders? Is
it that we have already traveled too far down the descending staircase and are simply
no longer a special and discerning people?
Or is that we have become so self-absorbed and obsessed with trivial gadgets
and the next big mindless thing that we no longer have the slightest clue as to
what is truly important? Where have our
standards gone? What happened to common
sense, logic, and accountability? Why
are so many so gullible?
“Arbitrary
power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to
licentiousness.” – George Washington
For
those with even a basic level of general awareness, President Obama’s time in
office has been filled with contradiction and a total disregard for the duties
and constraints of the office he holds. What
good reason could justify giving a man a second term that has wholly proven to
be not just a poor president, but also a man that preaches and supports a
repressive and dependent America? Obama
is a legend only in the minds of those that refuse to see the effects of his
ideology, a legend not born of tangible results, but a façade bordering on the
divine. He was the recipient of an undeserving
mandate, and the cult of Obama that was created in 2008 is apparently still
alive and well. He has cultivated an
adoring following that heaps underserved devotion upon him. He seems impervious to having to answer for
his violations of the Constitution, his failed foreign policy of appeasement,
and his blatant favoritism of political supporters and sympathizers. Such things mere mortals would be held to
task for. Denial is a powerful thing,
but it has been taken to new heights by his devotees that accept and
regurgitate the ridiculous spin and fairy tales handed out by the Obama
administration and his campaign. It was
naive to elect him the first time; it would be downright pathetic to reelect
him. Whatever the reason for the results
of the 2008 election: angry with the Republicans, wanting to be part of
something historic, or simply believing we could do no worse than the previous
administration; we have been resoundingly shown that Obama was not the answer;
he was a mistake. The only good thing
about a mistake is that you learn what not to do. Only fools repeat mistakes and expect
different results, so to repeat this mistake answers in the affirmative that we
are we are no longer worthy of the responsibility demanded of the American citizen.
“Those
who stand for nothing, fall for anything.” - Alexander Hamilton
We
deserve only what we allow. President
Obama blatantly flaunts his contempt for the rule of law, the responsibilities
of the office he holds, and the sanctity of our government’s structure and
constraints. He is completely
comfortable choosing to be a guest on an afternoon talk show over meeting with
his international counterparts during a time of rising global unrest. Funny how a sitting president chooses
campaigning over doing the job he is attempting to retain. Wouldn’t being a good president be the best
way to campaign for reelection? Normally
it would be, but apparently not for about forty-seven percent of American
voters. That kind of thinking would just
be too logical, and that kind of behavior no longer applies. He has the audacity to make the proclamation
that a rapidly increasing $16 trillion debt is not a problem right now and that
those that pay nearly half of all taxes are the ones that are not doing their
fair share. He feels no need to conceal
his actions because our growing ignorance makes it easy. When very few are paying attention, why
expend the effort to hide the fact you are the most destructive president in
the nation’s history. Why did Obama look
so unprepared for Wednesday night’s debate?
He didn’t feel the need to be. And the fierce defense, some drifting into the
area of absurdity, by his still ardent supporters reinforces his strategy. President Obama and his campaign team understand
and embrace the general ignorance of the people; while the Republicans continue
to have an unfounded faith in the American people’s logic and common
sense. It is unfortunate, but the odds are always better when you bet on
stupid.
“Democracy
is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” - George
Bernard Shaw
We
are selecting the leader of the free world, and yet people are more interested
and informed about the new IPhone than we are about the two candidates running.
I guess it really isn’t all that surprising we are on the verge of reelecting
the disaster of the last four years. We
have become a nation so thoroughly confused about our priorities that we may be
beyond the point of salvation. When we
are better versed on the specifications of a smartphone or the statistics of
our favorite NFL team than we are on the true records of the two men running to
be President of the United States, a positive outcome is not likely. We are the perfect patsy, ripe to be taken
advantage as willing participants forsaking our birthright as the keepers of
mankind’s most audacious experiment.
Every great civilization falls, and if we make the wrong decision future
generations will point to this time and this election as the pivotal moment where
we failed them and our legacy of exceptionalism was lost.
“It is natural for man to
indulge in the illusions of hope and pride. We are apt to shut our eyes against
a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us
into beasts.” - Patrick Henry
I
would rather have a president that is a perceived elitist with a solid record
of applicable experience and success, than have a president that claims to be “of
the people” all the while never being held accountable and continuing to thrive
on unearned affirmation. We are angrier
at someone who calls us out on our poor behavior than the one that takes
advantage of it. Honesty is sometimes
hard to hear, but hear it we must. The
current used car salesman occupying the Oval Office tells you what you want to
hear and smiles like he is doing what is in your best interests, the whole
while he laughs at how easy it is to relieve you of your ambition and distract
you from your duty to restrain the expansion of government power. Regardless of how much he proclaims he understands
you and wants to help you, his ideology will not allow it. He believes government is the ultimate
instrument of decision and the dictator of each person’s station in life. The very ideas we rejected in our Declaration
of Independence and our Constitution.
Self-determination and responsibility are the antithesis of President
Obama’s political beliefs and the socialist society he is attempting to
cultivate here. If people believe they
are the most influential force in their own lives and then own the results of
their actions and decisions, the influence and perceived need of a government
helping hand or safety net is eliminated.
The source of Obama’s appeal is cutoff and he is exposed as the peddler
of dependence and mediocrity he truly is.
He is wrecking the magnificent creation that is the United States, and some
unexplainably want to reward him for it.
In the past, success was celebrated and sought after; today it is
vilified and discouraged. In the past,
we were the essence of exceptional; today we are on the verge of a mighty fall. Our great nation is descending into the ranks
of mediocrity with the exuberant support of many of its citizens. It is unfortunate we seem to be losing the
necessary mix of perseverance and defiance to remain the pinnacle human
civilization.
“My dream is of a place and a time where
America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” - Abraham
Lincoln
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