They Just Don't Get It

Man, these people just don’t get it. Professional politicians come out every election year and sound like the used car salesmen who hope that we don’t too closely under the hood. They really think it is all about them. They really think they’re spending their money and when they don’t have enough, they want a raise in their allowance. They try to protect their district, their state, their party and in turn forget to protect their country. We have created 435 little kings and unless they’re going for reelection, they treat us like serfs and want us to eat cake.

This election year has taken on shades it should never have. This has been called an anti-Obama referendum, it’s been called a contest of Democrat v. Republican, and it has been dubbed as an anti-incumbent year-it is really none of the above. What this election is all about is the defining of our core beliefs and a reaffirmation of what the United States of America is all about. Republicans thought they knew everything in 1994 as Democrats did likewise in 2006. Yet as one party comes to power and the other temporarily fades, it never dawns on them that they serve America and not the other way around.

Republicans seems on the verge of retaking control of Congress but this is far from the end game. Will they, like Obama, refuse to take the reins of responsibility that come with the authority of taking office by blaming those they replace? Which CEO would keep his job long with the two slogans, “It’s my predecessor’s fault” and “It could have been worse”? It borders on the absurd to accept credit for the good and blame others for the bad. There is a true sense of awe that comes with the office of the Presidency and that recognition is costing Obama today.

I have long adhered to the conservative creed of beliefs and this transcends party line when it is appropriate. Conservatism is coming back into vogue but like a great fitting pair of jeans, it never really goes out of style. We stray from these beliefs as we are seduced by the siren song of “Let Uncle Sam take care of you” but reality jolts back to what is really in our hearts.

Let Democrats stand on what they have stood for since 2006 and if they lose they should learn from it. No election, no leader, and no slogans ever change how I really feel. Unlike politicians, I love this country too much to short change it.