How to Ruin a Country-Part 1
I overheard someone say the other day that he wouldn't vote for Barack Obama, because the country couldn't stand four years of Obama. The speaker didn't especially care for McCain either, because McCain had made deals over the years with liberals, but at the end of the day he preferred McCain over Obama. I could hardly believe my ears. Obama is being blamed by the Right for ruining the country, before he even gets in office.
The reality is that the Bush administration has provided us with one lesson of ruinous behavior after another. I wouldn't say that Bush has succeeded even at that, but hes sure accelerated the process. And it will take the kind of change Barack Obama is talking about to save us--not the "on the fence," "look to the past," horse crap McCain is pushing.
Here it is--How to Ruin a Country-Part 1:
- Undermine confidence in the voting and electoral process by stealing the Presidential Election--after all, what good are political allies on the Supreme Court, if not to help you get elected?
- Ignore warnings from members of the prior Administration and the intelligence community that terrorist attacks are imminent. In fact, take a vacation in Texas just before the shit hits the fan.
- Fill key slots in your Administration with key players from another failed Administration--the Nixon Administration--and let them call the shots. Hell, make them the VP and Secretary of Defense.
- Install distinguished African Americans like Colin Powell in your Administration, so you look like you care about cultural diversity, then ignore everything your appointees say. Even set them up to look like fools before the whole world with speeches to the UN backed by intelligence you know to be false.
- Overreact to the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks by not only going after the terrorists responsible for the attack, but also another sovereign country that had nothing to do with the attacks. In fact, lie to the American public in order to gin up support for your war against Iraq, because America would never support the war if you disclosed the real reason behind it--the desire for world dominance. After all, God's on our side.
- Ride roughshod over your intelligence agency until the Director caves, then hang him out to dry later on (not that he didn't have it coming.)
To be continued...)
Gary
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I just saw the press reports about Obama in Berlin, along with McCain's caustic comments. I am trying to be balanced here...
Let me see. Obama taps into the latent overseas support for our country that Bush threw away. Gets rave reviews. And McCain accuses Obama of a premature victory lap. Did I get that right?
Frankly, I am astonished that Obama got such a great response. It shows that the U.S. is not down yet, in the eyes of our overseas allies. Suddenly I am paying more attention to this race.
I like you Gary, have overheard comments like you mentioned and I can't help but wonder what it is in Obama that people are so fearful of? Stop and think of what four years of an Obama administration would be like. The end of the war in Iraq, a reconciliation with other world powers, a balance in the economy to give the middle class a fighting chance. It makes you wonder what those people are for?
Obama's world tour in my view, and I suspect that of millions of others based on the response, has exhibited more true leadership than the world has seen in a decade. I have always felt that an absence of leadership creates a vacuum that will eventually be filled. The fact that Obama is already being viewed in that context just illustrates how badly a leader is needed. John McCain just wishes he was viewed that same way.
How did a boy from Maine, with an Ivy League education and seemingly good parents, become such a stubborn cowboy? Did they remove his conscience along the way?
Rats. This is more depressing than I thought, isn't it? And recent headlines -- the next president will inherit a record deficit -- he will blame that on the "tax and spend Dimacrats" in Congress who voted against his programs and ruined this country's finances. How did we end up with this joker?
There are two bright spots that I can see. One, we only have 174 more days of Bush. Second, historians will deal with him. Harshly, I hope. Ultimately, he will rank somewhere below Warren G Harding.