Run, Sarah, Run!

Former vice-presidential candidate and former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin attended a Tea Party in Nashville, Tennessee the other day. It was a wonderful affair full of cheering and shouting conventioneers who were excited about her participation. She did not disappoint them. She gave them barbs and jabs directed toward President Obama and Democrats in general. The rabble loved it! She praised the Tea Party movement as the “future of politics in America.”

Palin asked the gathering: "How's that hope-y, change-y stuff workin' out for ya?" The former Alaska governor, who resigned from office last summer before completing her first term, offered a smile when a moderator asking her questions used the phrase "President Palin." The audience stood up and chanted "Run, Sarah, Run!" fueling more speculation that she might run for the top spot in 2012. But is she a future Republican Party presidential candidate or an independent candidate looking for a movement to lead? If the latter, I could not select a better leader, a better representative of this misguided, hot-headed group of ultra conservatives. If the former then God help those moderate Republicans hanging on to their party by their fingernails.

Yes indeed, Run Sarah, Run! And while you are at it, write some more books and do a few more interviews. But, just a word of advice, if I may. Use note cards or even better use one of those new-fangled teleprompter thing-ys. I know, I know! You ripped the President for using them, but that way you won’t have to keep looking down at your palm. You can just keep smiling and waving to the crowd and talking…folksy. Lipstick!

Food for THOUGHT…

Is it Just Me?

That’s the question I’ve been asking a lot lately. I keep waiting for progressives, like me, to mobilize and beat on Washington’s door and say enough is enough! Stop trying to kill each other and get things done! This chasm between liberal and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats continues to widen and deepen. The rhetoric gets louder and more hostile. Lies and platitudes are being thrown around with abandon. We don’t know who to trust anymore. The news media are now owned by large corporations and filled with talking partisan heads. Both sides wrap themselves in the flag and claim to be about the “People’s Business,” but nothing gets done. Gridlock, hate, lies and promises are all they produce.

So many of us wanted change, but we got more of the same old crap that has been destroying our country and our nation’s very character. I’m watching America dividing into different camps and preparing for war at a time when we should be coming together for our common good. We should be rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure including roads, bridges and schools and putting Americans back to work. We should be building solar panels and wind turbines and driving electric cars. We should be figuring out ways to keep people in their homes and regulate banks and insurance companies. We should have affordable healthcare for everyone and schools that can not only compete but lead the rest of the world. We should be repairing and protecting our environment and figuring out ways to reduce our carbon footprint on this planet. We should be spreading peace and good will around the world and exploring the promise of Space.

I mean have I lost it? Are Americans no longer capable of innovation, leadership and noble action? Are we doomed to fall into an… uncivil war of words and political gridlock? Are we doomed to be subjugated by our large multi-national corporations and banks and a handful of power brokers that control our money, our elections and our news media? Have we given away our precious votes to ideologues and bogus theologians? Have we given away our country’s heart and soul?

Is it just me?

Food for THOUGHT…