Anyone remember the Bill Hicks routine where he said that everyone elected president gets gathered into a room by the "real people in charge", shown the JFK assassination and then told what they need to do after that?
Anyways, I do not think that anyone elected will shift things to the extreme one way or the other. Could it be because they get a talking to on inauguration day? Or perhaps the job is way more daunting than they thought during the campaigns and spend the next 4-8 years trying to keep their heads above water.
We liberals thought everything was going to be great with Obama took office but then, I feel, who went to the center. Maybe someone talked to him about venturing too far away from the meaty center of the World Order Nougat....
Maybe when I am not tethered to my work computer, I'll try to find the Hicks thing to post.
EDIT: Maybe they're letting off some radiation here. Take this post for what you will...
I think that the gray hair of Bush and Obama shows that it isn't just an easy job. Although I wasn't a huge fan of Bush or Obama, I respect both, because, whether we know about things or not, they are dealing with a shit load of information at all times.
I think that the platitudes, and the same "sides" of arguments is why our country is broke. The idea that I have to support the republicans if I want a tax plan that doesn't tax the rich to kingdom come, is stupid. The idea that I have to support the democrats if I think women should have a right to choose what happens to their body, is stupid.
When support for topics is so tied to one "side" or the other, we lose sight of goals and objectives and just go for points. That is where we are at. We are winning and losing political points. We aren't doing what is best, or getting things done, because compromising gives away points.
The SC nominee is reasonable. Way more reasonable than Obama had to be. But if he were to be confirmed it would be points to the D's, and the R's won't let that happen.
We need to find a way to break up the D's and R's. I honestly think until we have people who aren't tied to those two establishment groups, we are in trouble. We need 5 major parties, who have different ideas and policy mixes. We need more transparency, and less money in politics. And we need less lawyers in congress. More real people who have ideas and live in the real world.
