Before the process began I was an adamant supporter of Hillary even though
yes I knew she was a bit of a do anything to accomplish anything type
person. I'm also a person that feels that the President needs to have a
few
qualities that aren't the most noble or nice. Carter was a very nice and
noble type person but that can make a person a very ineffective leader.
Some of the dastardly qualities about Hillary I thought would make her a
very effective President.
Now I'm truly dismayed that whoever we get will not be what most people
hope
for. No one can effectively please everyone and although I'm no fan of
President Bush one of the things I do admire about him is that he cares
not
the least for what polls think or what others think about him. That works
if the person also has the best interest of the people or the Constitution
foremost in mind but there are questions as to if that is the case with
this
President. History will eventually be the judge on that.
My "Election Reflection" therefore is just this. Obama seems to have
energized the Democratic party in a way that only JFK seems to have been
able to. Hope has become more alive than at any memorable time of mine in
the past. Problem is that I don't' think he can fulfill the expectations,
I
don't' know that anyone could. Although many will cringe at this
statement
I think one of the best potential candidates didn't even consider the race
and that is Jeb Bush (yeah I know another Bush). I think Jeb far out
excels
his brother but then that's just an opinion. I also wanted to see Evan
Byah
run but that didn't happen either. I think that we are so unhappy with
the
status quo that we can get excited about anything different and that is
one
thing that Hillary has to overcome.
Every politician seems to know the right speak and catch words to drop.
Change, Hope, different, outsider. All the same promises seem to work
each
election yet when elected everyone forgets or realizes that those great
popular promises just can't seem to be accomplished. Then in another four
to eight years it's say the same things again.
Sorry folks it's just discouraging in ways. What would be exciting to me
is
to see a third party candidate come from nowhere and capture everyone's
attention and actually do what they say can't be done and that is WIN
without being a party player. Fact is though that we seem to have so many
that vote party than person that any third party candidate will always be
tainted by the likes of Nader, Perot, and other fringe players that may
have
some good points but at times are way out on the fringe of reality that
they
discount their own selves. Maybe the reason we have had so many great
politicians in the past, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln Roosevelt was that
due to the lack of media we didn't really know that much about them. I
doubt that many of the past Presidents would fair near as well in this day
of mass media as they did in their own day and then I also wonder how many
would actually put up with the scrutiny that we seem to put our candidates
through today? No doubt the cost would deter a great number of them.
Sorry folks just venting a little due to frustration with the system.
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