Never before, and I pray never again, has anything taken place that would come even remotely close to that which has rocked the political realm this fall. I was not a fan of the political process before this Presidential cycle; now I vow to never pay a bit of attention to the subject ever again.
For those who just awoke and think we live back in the “happy days” of the 1950’s, let me clue you in on what is different in America now. We live in a country split into red and blue, black and white, rich and poor and angry and less angry. We live in a nation where the most important thing in all of life is who gets elected President every four years. We live in country of naïve fools who cannot see manipulation or fraud if it was happening right in front of them.
Eight years ago, the Republicans somehow managed to get their guy elected whether the popular vote indicated it was the will of the nation or not. Whether the election was “stolen” or not, the bitterness and animosity on the part of the Democrats led to what has now happened this year. Actually, the seeds were planted two years earlier when the Republicans dared launch impeachment proceedings against everybody’s most popular President, Bill Clinton.
Starting in 1998, the Democratic Party was intent on inflicting punishment on the Republicans for dragging Bill through the humiliating process of having to acknowledge what went on in the White House after hours. When “Monicagate” finally calmed down, the plans were drawn up to make sure Al Gore would win the 2000 election and serve two terms. By then, Hillary would be able to run and serve another two terms. Twenty four years of uninterrupted Clinton/Gore was the plan. Things didn’t quite work out that way did they?
With his stunning defeat in 2000, Al Gore became CEO of the Global Warming campaign instead and has gloried in that capacity ever since. Right on cue, Hillary emerged as everyone’s favorite to win the Democratic nomination for 2008 and no matter who the Republicans chose, she would dominate them. A funny thing happened on the way to the nomination though; she didn’t win.
At the 2004 Democratic convention, an up and coming fresh new face gave a stirring keynote speech one evening. The nation’s first impression of Barack Obama was that of a golden tongued orator who could whip the emotions of a crowd into a frenzy. Commentators gave fair warning in 2004 that Mr. Obama would be force to be reckoned with in the Democratic Party down the road; as in 2016 after Hillary’s two terms.
We all know the story of what took place this year. In a stunning upset, Barack Obama whipped Hillary in Iowa and then blitzed her by winning state after state in the early primaries. The “traditional” thinking was still that Hillary would win in the end and Barack would be her running mate. By the middle of spring this notion was squelched by the stampede of delegates Mr. Obama had won. He would be the candidate and had NO intention of putting Hillary on the ticket.
As the Obama express has picked up steam and flattened the “geezer” express of John McCain, more and more Americans have fallen under the spell of a larger than life figure who somehow has convinced millions of otherwise rationale white Americans that socialism is a good thing. Fueled by the conveniently fabricated economic crisis, Obama’s message of “spreading the wealth around” appeals to everyone being hurt by the financial meltdown.
Just as in 1932 (Hoover), the prevailing opinion is that one man (W. Bush) managed to cause all the current pain. No sane person would ever believe one person could single handedly bring down the entire American financial system, but obviously we are dealing with a nation of temporarily insane people. Just as they believe one man caused all the problems, they believe one man holds all the answers to solving them.
So, what we are left with is the prospect of a LBJ landslide victory by a candidate who has full intention of turning this country into a socialistic, if not Marxist state. We are left with the prospect of anyone who has worked hard to make money being taxed to the hilt to finance one new government program after another. What we are faced with is the demonizing of the conservative right wing in America and especially the religious right. We are left with the nationalization of one industry and aspect of American life after another.
It is hard to believe a nation which was decidedly tilted toward the conservative just a few years ago has suddenly and mysteriously turned in mass to not just liberalism, but the far left wing of it. It is hard to believe that millions of “good Catholics” will reject their faith and vote for candidates who promote abortion and other “right to die” causes. It is hard to believe that thousands of very wealthy people will back a candidate who promises to raise their taxes into the stratosphere.
The only logical explanation for the Obama phenomena is found in emotion. Just as a fiery preacher can whip the congregation up in such a way to dump far more into the offering plate than they should; so Obama whips up people’s emotions to do things they aren’t really sure are right, but they do them anyway. Political candidates depend on emotion to inspire the audience to not only vote but go tell others also.
The only other explanation is MONEY. The amount of money raised by the Obama campaign is insane. So much for campaign finance reform. Once again this election is proving that if you have enough money to saturate the airwaves and mailboxes of America and have a candidate able to whip huge crowds into a “football game” frenzy mentality; someone with ZERO credentials and NO verifiable experience can not only run for the nation’s highest office—but win it in a landslide.
