Have you wondered why the quality of TV programming has declined so noticeably? The answer recently has become clear. All the outstanding writers appear to be working on the soap opera edition of Election Day 2008. Right here, right now may well be the most defining event of this nation’s history, not to mention its future. The formal dance of choosing leadership, Americans have so apathetically mastered, has been reduced to monolithic elements.
Water cooler participation, not seen since the OJ trial, has the nation gravitating toward debate and exchange of ideas. Meanwhile Gustav is bearing down on New Orleans or Pensacola depending on which hurricane model you trust. The skeleton of Katrina may haunt the Republicans bid in a bill long past due.
John McCain on Hurricane Katrina and Arabian Horses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHDd83b5byk
In response to Barrack Obama’s historic achievement of becoming the first African-American Presidential nominee, John McCain countered by nominating the Governor from Alaska Sarah Palin for V.P. The Republican strategy of announcing the morning after Obama’s charismatic performance diverted the focus from the 1963 King “Dream” to 1920’s women’s suffrage.
At the water cooler, this plays out with McCain celebrating his 73rd birthday with questionable health, potentially producing the first woman president of the United States. This can be viewed as an attempt to elicit votes from the disenfranchised Hillary supporters. Prior to this strategy, it appeared the Republican Party’s hope was pinned to a pay per view execution of Osama Bin Laden on the eve of the election.
All things being equal, the good news is the election should actually come down to the issues regarding the nation’s future. One need not search any further than the economy. As a nation, we learned gasoline at $4 per gallon was the tipping point creating demand destruction. That combined with the fact people tend to stay home when they’re out of work.
This election is not about glass ceilings or Congressional debate on whether to officially recognize and apologize for the America’s slavery debacle. It’s about putting Americans first, it’s about the next Katrina, it’s about the economy. Foremost it’s about
the principle of no one being above the law thereby eliminating the need for future debate regarding heinous manifestation of controlling behavior.
TW from AZ requests clarification and gravitas regarding my statement in blockquotes
I firmly believe numerous elected officials should have broken in a pair of orange jumpsuits by now. The moniker on the back of that one piece overall should read Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. It wasn’t too long ago when the bar was set at the level of making it just a little easier for the middle class. These days are gone, and we can’t keep holding on… when all we need is some relieve through these “Hard Times”.
The image remains seared in our memory: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED; fully aware it was, is, and always will be the politics of dancing. gjf
Mission Accomplished
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFijzDyJnVE
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