Now that the hoopla has subsided, the dust has settled and the majors are somewhat satiated; what happened at the Obama/GOP Q&A in Baltimore? What did the American people really see during this layered production? PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 04, 2010 – The Obama/GOP Q&A in Baltimore on Friday, January 29, 2010 could be described as an event none of us has seen before, not even in the political debate forum. While watching the events unfold on screen, beginning with the first question, one could have wondered if Jaws and a hundred plus of his cousins had invited the President over for lunch.
The American people saw another world; the world of politicians—spurious arguments that are normally delivered in sound bites to the media on staged platforms for greatest affect. They heard pseudo words and phrases made-to-order for them—button-pushers to incite and inflame heads of households that are surviving on nutrient-sparse “cup-a-soup” and “top ramen;” so unfamiliar with lack that they have yet to acknowledge what they are experiencing—the dawning of middle-class insecurity. Chapter 6 of The Connection to Hope by Linda E. Schexnayder, highlights their circumstance as calculated to minimize the economic and political clout of the middle-class of America, according to a reputable economist who threads lightly. The chapter features graphics of U.S. jobs that were projected to move overseas and never return by design, which could be one of the reasons why the job market is not rebounding as it should; a reason, to date, which has not been a factor of any recession.
The American people have not forgotten the policies of the previous administration and the laws passed by the 107th, 108th, 109th and 110th Congress which aided this recession. Many of those who spoke in Baltimore were a part of that era. So how could the response to the Q&A be anything other than disdain. The transportation mode of Star Trek would have been suitable to most viewers eight hours later to instantly beam each of the participating congressional representatives into the bedrooms of hungry weeping children as they lay, desperately trying to sleep, while wishing they had more “cup-a-soup" or “top ramen.” After such an experience, perhaps those members of Congress would “get it.”
Millions upon millions of Americans now hurt in silence, weep in silence, hunger in silence and hope in silence for redemption that is on par with Congress and all government employees.
The last presidential election was democracy operating at its best. That’s good news. Had it not happened that way—if the people had not arisen and exercised their constitutional privilege, the greatness of the United States of America would today be in question. Few know and understand how close the country was to economic implosion. Shouts of “Armageddon is coming” in the streets and gridlock to the bunkers would not have been newsworthy. For that heroism, however, they get whining elected officials who, for eight years, drove this country into the vulnerable position in which it finds itself today. For that heroism they get a Superior Court ruling that violates existing campaign finance law to allow corporations to continue their pursuit of unfettered economic power and control over middle-class America.
Overall, the American people got a hefty serving of frivolity. And though the cameras are turned off, it continues. Perhaps this will be the prompt that summons fair-minded rank-and-file Republicans to check their leadership.
The twenty-year campaign is ended; the masters of it are gone—from political office at least. It’s time now to do the work of the people.
The 2008 Presidential Election Handbook and Commentary: The Connection to Hope is available at www.healthylivingusa.com and www.amazon.com.
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