“can we just give it a rest for 6 bloody months were they do the JOB they’re currently elected for?”
Well, if that’s what you were trying to say, then I agree with you. I think that the campaign process lasts much too long and, more importantly, takes too much time away from running the country and costs too much money.
But your “cult of personality” comment was typical of the “bash the other side” approach that Karl Rove has made so prevalent in today’s America. I say “America” rather than “American politics” because it seems to me that that mind set has started to permeate our culture in general.
sdnativeson, you’re right, his voting record is liberal. But that doesn’t contradict what I said, which is that he’s willing to reach across the aisle and reasonably debate and discuss issues with those who are opposite him ideologically. As opposed to calling them coke sniffers and otherwise attacking them personally.
The responses to this post sum up perfectly what I’d like to see changed about this country. And what I hope Obama will change. We’ve become a nation of people who interact through attacks and manipulation of emotion rather than calm, reasoned discourse. And, worse, we’ve become a nation that thinks that this is an acceptable way to interact. It’s time to start thinking about what’s best for our country and not what’s the best way to attack the other side. And, in my opinion, no one is more fit to affect that change than Barack Obama.
