WOW. I woke up this morning after a strange dream of brunch with Snoop Dog and decided to crawl around on the news sites for a while to re-enter reality. Apparently, John McCain's new slew of ads have been causing quite a stir. I went to YouTube to check them out first hand.
In a world craving a strong, stable USA, Barack's popularity across the world is portrayed as superficial and un-American. The citizens of the world do not want more war. They do not want more corporate rules bending. They do not want more vitriol and hostility. They do not want more trickle down economics. They do not want more hypocrisies. They do not want more torture and more 'suspension' of the rights granted under the gold standard legal system that still may have a chance to be a shining beacon of justice. It is not that complicated or mysterious or surprising that the opinion of the 'rest of the world' is leaning towards Obama.
Is this really something that scares the American People?!?
I noticed a strong characterization of Barack as an elitist, a health nut, a basketball fan (the horror!), a media darling.... Dear heavens! Do we all have amnesia or has John McCain suddenly given up traveling on his wife's jet, sold off his multiple houses, stopped wearing 300$ Italian shoes and retracted all his statements that explicitly state that he has run for president, not because of a larger sense of patriotism and service, but due to raw ambition (look it up)? John McCain graduated 790th out of 795 at the War College. He was a bad student. He accidentally shot off major artillery while his fighter plane was still on the carrier. He was a mediocre solider. He has an infamous temper that has made him a joke in the Senate. "I think he is not fit to be president"- Rep. John LeBoutillier R-NY. He was an ineffective senator. When we talk about elitism, I think there is something to be said for someone who has taken full advantage of his service and sacrifice by re-writing his record: Bad student. Mediocre soldier. Ineffective senator. This plays down to the American People and teaches us that mediocre is better than exceptionally talented. This is how Bush the Second has trained the American people to disdain oratory, wonkiness and achievement.
Isn't this something that should scare the American People?!?
teach us to care and not to care.teach us to sit still. ~eliot
1 comment:
Im glad that Obama has the lead in the US and abroad while not running a negative campaign. Yes, McCain is an idiot but he can lose this without even pointing that out to the general people. Go Obama
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