Now that we
know it will be Romney vs. Obama for the future of mankind, we can all rest
assured that regardless of the outcome , there will be no winner. The American
people certainly will not win, that is nothing new. We're used to getting the
short end of the stick. Being conditioned to accept mediocrity and malfeasance
from our elected officials has led us to where we are currently, and although
the occupy Wall St. movement may be a good start, I fear that it will be too
little too late to make much of a difference. I hope I am wrong.
But the
predicament we are in goes far deeper than the traditional conundrum of having
to choose the lesser of two evils. You see, no matter who sits in The White
House, our fundamental problems will continue to haunt us until someone has the
courage to step up and break the mold. For all of his good intentions, Obama
has not been able to do it. Blame it on the Republicans if you will, but
whatever the reason, he just hasn't gotten it done. And if you think Romney is
up to the task, you're going to feel like you're in a dream from Nightmare on
Elm St. if he gets in. So where does that leave us?
Pretty much
holding the bag again, being forced to endure the lousy decisions and policies
that have dogged us year-in and year-out for decades. Because the
two-party system allows only a choice between candidate A and candidate B, it's
always a crap shoot. Even if your
candidate does get elected, there's no guarantee that he/she will be able to
deliver on the campaign promises they have made. Competing agendas from the
right and the left bring power to bear with an unsavory medley of lobbyists,
politicians, and money. And until this
stops, there will continue to be no winners.
Unless lobbyists and their influence peddling coffers are removed from
the equation, we simply will not be able to move forward as a nation or a
society.
So there it is folks, read it and weep. Obama's got his money behind
him and Romney's got his. When all is said and done, whoever wins will still be
beholden to the interests that put him there.
