Posted by
Gary A McAvin on Friday, January 12, 2007 6:02:06 AM
At this moment in time, I don’t know which is worse; Republican losses or; seeing those horrible faces in the news cycle everyday now? Whose faces? Why that old Submarine Captain; Ted Kennedy, Madame Dingbat Nancy Pelosi and that never dying immortal know-it-all Joe Biden, Murtha, et al. This is truly the Rocky Horror show; and it’s downright scary son! Will the ruination of America come at the hands of these incompetents? Isaiah 3:6 …”Be you our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand.” If some of the old Conservative Blue Dog Democrats were in charge, not to worry mate! Democrats like Zell Miller, John Breaux, et al. And Joe Lieberman is in a class by himself!
This is definitely not your father and mother’s Democratic Party! Although you may not have agreed with everything the old Democrats stood for, at least they worked for the common man at one time. Personally; my people were registered Democrats, but I did not follow their lead, and today I am certainly glad I didn’t! This is beyond anything the Party founders had in mind. You just can’t please all of the people all of the time, and you can’t be all things to all people. Stretching yourself and any political party that far will cause fissures and gaping holes inside the party’s comprehensive ideals and obtainable goals; the demands then become greater than the party’s capabilities.
The Democrats (this past election cycle) ran on nothing and were elected for and on nothing. There is no mandate/s to be found so far. Perhaps they perceive such, but where is the proof of that? The narrow voter margins belay any mandates. Landslides give mandates, remember President Reagan? Remember 1994, so why the change in leadership? That terrible war in Iraq is just taking too long! Oh really! If they would let the soldiers fight this war the way they should; it would be over by now! Remember the “shock and awe” technique that was halted? Remember Hiroshima? Nagasaki? Dresden? And the results were? Surrender by the enemy? Remember? People are looking for a panacea, and the penultimate Messiah like leader! Soon that deceptive person will arise and then…?
I have always found the best leaders are team oriented. They choose the best qualified people as sub-leaders and let them work at their best possible levels; and good positive results are produced. However; on the other side of the coin are obsessed leaders with no one else in mind but themselves! They focus on keeping the spotlight on themselves alone and the rest can; as someone said-“let them eat cake.” Selfish leadership is the harbinger of ruination. It would appear that this current leadership cycle is saturated in the all about me syndrome… This is truly the Kiss of Death!
P.S And incidentally; what is the Democrat plan for the Iraq solution? What would you do?