And we should care why?
Ask not what you can do for your country, but what it can do for you.
The Kennedy Camelot is a fiction just as is the Camelot of King Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot and all the other Knights of the Round Table. Ted, of course, shouldn’t even raise his head in public much less serve what empty headed Mass voters have apparently decreed is a lifetime appointment to the Senate.
Which brings me to Froma Harrop’s op-ed, Media Swallows Kennedys’ Arrogant Presumption. How true it is. Despite the fact that such endorsements do not mean very much (this is America- make up your own mind) the media has reported this tidbit with relish. But we should care why?
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard Caroline Kennedy’s statement. “Over the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the Democratic primaries, Barack Obama.”
Lady, he inspires me with deep disgust. His sunny optimism that he can waltz into Washington and somehow make people who justly hate liberal idiocy and fight against the harmful effects of liberal legislation is at best gross naïveté and at worst an outright fabrication.
Further, my hope for America rests not in a president or in our government but in limiting their power and influence over our lives.
But most obviously this smacks of arrogance. Caroline is wealthy, attractive and, didn’t you know, a Kennedy for goodness sakes! What does she know of not having hope about a country that has allowed her ancestors to build such wealth and pass it along to her? Besides, anyone who has come to her and said they wish they could feel inspired and hopeful about our country aren’t paying any attention. This is America. We are the wealthiest nation in human history. Even those of us determined by our government to be in poverty are often fat. The vast majority of us own homes, cars, TV’s, have computers and internet access, and so much more.
You want hope for America? Then be inspired to believe in its people and not in its government.
February 1st, 2008 at 6:41 pm
I wholeheartedly agree. While Obama may be more personable and “inspiring” than the alternative - Stalin in a Pantsuit, his ideas are at least if not more dangerous to our future. Of course his endorsement by the boozer in chief himself only confirms this.
Tell me about the so called poor people in this country. I see them everytime I go to Walmart to buy oil for my V8 powered SUV. There they are, disabled by obesity and driving the rigs with the big baskets up front that the store gladly supplies for their frequent visits. I see them again in the parking lot as they have their Lexus’s loaded up with their cool new stuff paid for by our taxes. From there they return to their Section 8 housing to enjoy their full NFL package on their HD flatscreens and satellite dishes. Of course their endless stream of snot nosed beligerant brats get free lunches school yet they all seem to have the latest Ipods, PSP’s and cell phones in their pockets.
Can you blame them really though? I mean even many of the so called Republicans are all about giveaways to gain political favor anymore. Who doesn’t like free stuff and government checks? Oh, maybe the hardworking folks that have to pay for it but who cares about them?
This is all bad enough but if the Libs get in power in the Whitehouse us hardworking types better get ready to bend over and kiss our wallets goodbye…