"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
— H.L. Mencken
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20 pounds of potatoes is what we pulled from the ground a few days ago.
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Ah, so true. Depending on who wins to day we will be well on our way! It is so painful to see people being so blind.
"...a downright moron."
Isn't that what we have in Bush?
that's not very nice :(
The truth seems to be that we have been sliding this way for a while. How this election shakes out will take time to tell, but no one elected "non"-servant will change the direction too much until they decide to serve instead of dictate.
It will be interesting to see who Mr. Obama chooses as his cabinet. Will he follow party political pressure, or pick experts regardless of politics?
SOH
1. I think, though I disagree with some, Bush has had an extremely difficult presidency and has done well with it. There were many many things thrown at him that he had not control over but still he gets the blame. He is not perfect, but I think he gets more abuse than he deserves.
2. No way Obama is going to pick anybody who will not be a yes man. He doesn't need to follow political pressure, he is the political pressure. He is already at the farthest left guy there is!
Blogger Maureen said...
Ted...
1. I agree, and let's face it, he gets WAY more abuse than a Democrat would have been given.
2. I hate to use the word, but he scares me. He seems to have had one goal in the last four years....to get elected. Not for a great purpose, not to help the little guy....merely to have the power of the Presidency. What scares me is what he plans to do with that power; I don't think the change he envisions is one most of us are going to be happy with. And I agree with what another blogger quoted "people are going to turn on him pretty fast". He is not the savior many want him to be. There's only one of those and HE wasn't running for President.
Just my 2 cents: But I don't think Bush gets more abuse than Clinton ever did. The sentiments expressed here about Bush were my sentiments thoughout the 90s. I kept thinking, "They would never treat a Republican this way."
I guess the door swings both ways, eh? It just stings when it's swinging against you, instead of for you.
I would just like to see more fairness. I'm not a Bush apologist but my sense is that we don't know the whole story and certainly aren't getting it from the press. We have friends who met Pres. Bush last year and would argue that he is much more intelligent and compassionate than people are being led to believe.
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