Posted on 10/05/2007 3:43:23 PM PDT by americanophile
Yes, for the past two days we’ve been treated to the important discussion over Barak Obama’s decision not to wear a flag lapel pin.
The message implicit in this debate is this: those running for office aren’t serious.
We have a government that is dysfunctional at almost every level, and seems to operate in a twilight zone devoid of both common sense and accountability. Our education system is in full collapse. Our courts are overrun with junk lawsuits. Our imperfect health care system is in danger of a government takeover. Entitlements such as medicare and social security are facing ruination. We’re borrowing untold millions of dollars every day from China and other countries in a macroeconomic shell game designed to perpetuate the illusion of government credibility, while our national debt climbs ever higher - now over $9 trillion. While we create the largest governmental department in our history to provide for homeland security, we leave our borders open to waves of unknown invaders - 4,000 people a day along our southern border alone. We have troops fighting and dying in a war that will have profound impact on the Middle East and the world for the next century. And, we’ve relegated our Constitution to something akin to “persuasive authority.”
With all these problems, and hundreds more to boot, one wonders how any politician can answer questions about lapel pins with a straight face. It is not the ultimate example of the “empty suit” politician to have reached a point where we now actually discuss the suit? Can there be more of an indictment of Obama’s own “message” than this reductionist nonsense?
This level of “discourse” is sickening, irresponsible, and ultimately pathetic. The American people deserve better, and if the mainstream media and those seeking the highest office in the land can think of nothing more profound to debate, then we have some ideas about what they can do with their pins.
excellent title
And...according to the libs..."Its all Bush's or Rush's fault." Pathetic!
The problem with Democrats is that they believe opposition of the government is the only true form of patriotism.
excellent!
The Donkey party
The emblem of the workers and peasants of the SSSR?
The only people who will tell more lies to get the presidency than Obama-Osama are: 1. Hitlary. 2. Ghouliani.
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