“The general assertion here that we are just victims here is not one that has validity. No one may enter the house of strong man without his permission and so no one may take away our power just by force. We may be dumb enough to be conned out of political power and in that sense you have a point.”
Urban, you have nailed the heart of the matter: the American people are unquestionably dumb enough to be “conned” out of their democratic principles. Just as they were dumb enough to be “conned” into a war with absolutely no evidence whatsoever against our enemy. It has been my position all along that Obama’s campaign is one of the most brilliant con jobs in American political history because he may be able to convince Americans to give up willingly that which they would not allow to be taken by force. Why? Because of his Messianic following and silky rhetoric. I suspect it would be infinitely harder for the walking corpse/McCain to convince Americans to surrender their rights. Don’t you?
You may say that if Americans are dumb enough to let this happen, then we get what we deserve.
Unfortunately, you and I will go down with the idiots. Hardly seems fair.
