Complaints about Washington abound. Most consider President Obama the problem. Others consider lack of cooperation or gridlock the problem. There is a problem, even if there is disagreement as to what it might be.
For me, gridlock is not a problem. It is a blessing! I think there should be more of it, rather than less. Pour more sand into the engine of government. Encapsulate all government buildings with impenetrable epoxy glue. Stop everything completely. Hooray!
President Obama is a problem, but he is not the problem. He is a symptom of a much larger problem. To further understand, one need only look at recent Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates. How comfortable were you having to choose between McCain and Obama? Do the names Kerry, Bush, Gore, Clinton, Dole, Palin, Edwards, resonate with anyone as the best and brightest? Remember, these were the survivors from primaries that had even more motley characters.
A process that produces such inferior choices ensured that one day we would get an “oddball.” In many peoples’ minds that has now occurred. We elected a gifted orator whose only experience was a sophisticated form of Chicago-style street hustling. How is it possible that this man-child, with no experience, could attain the highest office in the land?
The problem is not Barack Obama. Nor is it the process that provides such flawed candidates. Both result from a democratic process driven by the people. Ultimately, the problem resides with the people.
An email from a friend contained the following explanation of the problem. An anonymous responder apparently produced this commentary in response to some Reuters article. I believe it describes the problem quite nicely:
“The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency.
It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.
The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince.
The republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.”
Monty Pelerin posted this originally on American Thinker
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We must also acknowledge that the American people have been enduring such a corrupt education system for a number of decades that the logic of most younger Americans (those under 50) is so distorted they have been unable to separate common sense from the drivel spewed forth by the “nightly news”. Thus, although “W” was far from an ideal president, the MSM hammered him to the point that many of the younger (and so older) Americans were simply unable to recognize what they were seeing on the “nightly news” was left wing propaganda and not a true representation of facts. So, when a smooth talking leftist appeared on the screen and was the object of continuous MSM polishing, far too many voters chose not to question its background but instead behaved as lemmings and walked off “the cliff of common sense”. What made this so horrific is that the rest of the nation was dragged over the cliff with them.
Mr. Harrell,
I agree completely with your comments. Education is a significant factor that led us to this point.
Monty
Bravo. Were waiting for just that to be said. But then, what’s the remedy?