Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Accenting the positive
As the drama of the race for the Presidency of the United States unfolds, we are being emotionally exposed to some very hard truths about ourselves. We are having to face the triple issues of race, gender and age in a way than can both exalt and diminish the essence of our ideals as Americans. All three candidates are worthy choices to one degree or another and we would be mistaken to underestimate their intelligence or individual accomplishments, their political agendas not withstanding. All three aspire to change and they are almost in lockstep with the conclusion that the economy is the front burner topic to be dealt with, the war in Iraq a close runner up. They also acknowledge that illegal immigration and global warming cannot be ignored or discounted as they have been in the past. Some might suggest that a composite of all three candidates might be just what the doctor ordered, a seventy one year old black woman running as an independent.
Frankly speaking, I don't believe that any of the candidates have the individual capability of solving the problems we are facing and will most certainly have to rely on making the right choices in selecting a cabinet made up of gifted, dedicated people regardless of their political affiliations. We, the voting public, should do likewise in selecting the right candidate to lead our nation and that will require a lot more common sense and objectivity than we have previously shown. It won't be easy to put aside our prejudices and long held political loyalties to one party or another, but not to do so might leave us right back to where we want to so desperately escape, an ongoing orgy of mediocrity and failed missions.
Let's not allow November to be the continuation of another winter of our discontent.
George Morin
Auburn, Ga.
Frankly speaking, I don't believe that any of the candidates have the individual capability of solving the problems we are facing and will most certainly have to rely on making the right choices in selecting a cabinet made up of gifted, dedicated people regardless of their political affiliations. We, the voting public, should do likewise in selecting the right candidate to lead our nation and that will require a lot more common sense and objectivity than we have previously shown. It won't be easy to put aside our prejudices and long held political loyalties to one party or another, but not to do so might leave us right back to where we want to so desperately escape, an ongoing orgy of mediocrity and failed missions.
Let's not allow November to be the continuation of another winter of our discontent.
George Morin
Auburn, Ga.
