Posted by
JTD on Saturday, July 26, 2008 8:19:17 PM
Of all the emotions that have taken hold of me during this campaign season, none has been more intense than the overwhelming sadness that has resulted from the Obama candidacy. Is it possible that a majority of my countrymen have reached a state of such historical ignorance and emotional immaturity that they will vote for the most unqualified -- if not most dangerous -- presidential candidate in my lifetime........perhaps of all time?
It appears that huge segments of the populace have divorced themselves from both history and reality. I am reminded of the woman who
who was overwhelmed by a presentation given by Dennis Prager (
www.dennisprager.com) on the Israel/Palestinian situation and simply refused to acknowledge the truth. To believe Prager, she said, was to acknowledge that the situation was fraught with danger and, most probably, unresolvable in her lifetime. "I won't believe that," she concluded. Nothing further in the way of argument did she offer.....nor, most likely, was further argument even necessary, in her mind.
There was no need to respond to Prager's evidence of Arafat's and Fatah's treachery and perfidy. There was no need to acknowledge the written evidence of rabid, bestial anti-semitism in the Palestinians. There was no purpose in examining the reality of Jewish presense in the middle east decades before the 1947 formation of Israel. The truth was uncomfortable, even ugly. Therefore, she simply chose to ignore it!
Now I fight back waves of disappointment and sadness, as I watch Americans wilfully ignore the realities of the world in which we live so that they can pretend Obama -- the (very young) man who would be king -- is anything other than the callow, smug, self-centered, naive solipsist that he is.
Al Queda? No problem, Obama will talk to them! Iranian nukes? No problem, Obama will charm the plutonium right out of their hands! 150million muslims screaming, "Death to America?" No problem, just wait 'til they see them Obama pearly whites! Obama surrounds himself with anti-American radicals? No problem, they didn't really mean it! Obama is the most trenchantly partisan socialist lefty in Congress? Aw c'mon, we don't need labels and divisiveness!
For well over 200 years great and noble men have sacrificed dearly for this country and its founding principles and some -- precious few --continue to do so today. These brave souls -- rich, poor, native, immigrant, black, white -- have fought, suffered and died to defend her and ensure that she remains the exceptional beacon of truth, freedom and light that she has always been.
But now, a major portion of our citizenry acts as though America can exist on auto-pilot. Yes, I know, there has always been a strain of isolationsim in the American psyche. But today it seems the mantra is that the entire world will be just fine if America will only leave it alone. With some international help in the past but more recently nearly alone, America has stemmed the spread of tyranny.
I guess to a possible majority of my countrymen, that's just not our job description anymore. Well then if not us, who? Sad. Very sad.
Where are the defenders of constitutional democracy? Where are the advocates of capitalism? Where are the believers in "peace through strength?" Where are the acolytes of "One nation under God?" Where are the devotees of individual freedom?
They're not in the democrat party, I can tell you, and they're not voting for Obama.
Sad. Excruciatingly sad!
THE MAELSTROM QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices -- just recognize them" Edward R. Morrow