It appears that Barack Obama is slipping in the polls. Not that I pay a huge amount of attention to polls, but, I find this interesting on several levels.
I hear conservative Republican pundits spouting off about how the American people are finally “waking up” to the truth about Obama. I watch them taking this sort of, “I told you so” attitude. What’s interesting about this is that the conservatives are the ones who have made it a mission to undermine this president.
Before you start in about how that’s the nature of the beast in a two party system, just shut the hell up. I know that. We all know that, okay? So just shut the hell up, and read on for minute, please.
I saw an interview on CNN a few weeks ago. For the life of me I can’t remember who the politicians were, but there was one Republican, one Democrat, and the interviewer, Mr. Don Lemon. This was an interview that lasted, oh, maybe five minutes. There was one point of agreement between both the senators and the interviewer: The health care system in America is in serious trouble, and it needs to be reformed. All three people agreed on this. That is where civility, where a willingness to listen, where being bipartisan ended.
When Lemon would ask a question, directed at one of the senators, the other would jump in, talking over him, interrupting, screaming, running off at the mouth. This happened from both senators. When Lemon would try to calm them, they would continue to scream and rant at each other. This went on for five minutes, and you know what? NOT ONE FUCKING QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY ANSWERED BY EITHER SENATOR.
When Don Lemon was wrapping up the interview, he made his final comment, stopping short – barely – of telling both senators to shut the fuck up. His anger was apparent on his face. His final comment went something like this paraphrase:
“You both agree that health care needs to be reformed. I’m telling you that we, the people in America, don’t care about politics. We want you to shut up, stop fighting, and do your jobs. And your job is to represent the interests of the people of this country. Just stop the bickering, and get it done – that’s what we pay you for.”
Every single proposal that this administration has put forth regarding health care reform has been met with rabid opposition by the GOP, with the notable exception of – be still my beating heart – John McCain. McCain has objected to some things, yes, but they’ve been pretty small details, and he’s been willing to try and compromise. If the rest of the GOP would follow his lead, we’d be better off.
Instead of trying to work together, it seems that our elected officials are more concerned with trying to bring down a president. Fuck the people, as long as we can make Obama look like a fool. Let the fucking peasants die, who cares? As long as we get a Republican in the White House in the next election, it’s all good!
Term limits, people. Term limits, term limits, term limits! Keep these bastards honest. Only let them serve for two terms, just as the president can, and forbid them to work in ANY manner as a lobbyist to congress following their political career.
It’s time for the people of this country to stand up and take their country back. We can only do that through the ballot box, and by demanding that our elected officials be held accountable for every single vote that they make.
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