Antigone

Sand (and fur) will fly anyway you slice it. The majority of Americans are opposed to our president’s policies in every respect. This situation should spell 'shoe-in' for anyone 'not Obama' in the next presidential election. Hillary and her husband are already positioning themselves on the Democrat side. On the Republican side we continue to see a vacuum.

Yes, there is Palin. She reminds me of the single cow the Amazonian herders send on across the river. While the piranhas are engaged in frantic feeding, the entire herd is dispatched across. Republicans, for all their big talk, are cowards right down to the last one of them. They are afraid of the Dems; they are afraid of the press; they are afraid of being denied entry to Washington DC social events and high-end restaurants; they are afraid of winning. Republicans are afraid of Hollywood; they are afraid of ridicule. Never mind sticks and stones; they are afraid of words. They are a whimpering disgrace.

Americans hate both parties. They worry that in the next election, as was the case in the last, they won’t be given a choice. They worry if there is even going to be a next election. It’s easy to imagine that in three years the system will be so corrupt as to make elections impossible.

Thaddeus McCotter, Republican from Michigan, who routinely strikes flamboyant poses on this website, can forget any political aspirations he might have. To the great unwashed he’s just another silver-tongued pol, who looks a bit too comfortable hobnobbing with the self-proclaimed media elites and Washington royalty. He sidesteps the critical issues - those that matter most - far too easily with clever turns of phrase.

The dominant desire in the country right now is for someone real to step forward and take on the thuggish Chicago-style political machine. They’d have plenty of support but they’d have to get right down in there and get their hands dirty. They’d have to find a way to connect with, and channel the vast pool of disappointment and outrage that sloshes around like untreated sewage in leaky septic tanks and threatens to poison the aquifer.

America stands at the crossroads. Unless a leader emerges – one who is willing to acknowledge without hesitation or apology the vital role talk radio has played throughout these dark days - our Republic will fall. We will have to face the sad fact that no one in the country is up to the challenge of a lifetime; that we have become a nation of dissatisfied sheep destined to remain forever unrequited; hopeless and defeated.

I get reports from all over the country about people who are determined to risk it all. They are keenly aware that if the country fails, there is no need for any of us to go on. I happened to see Motley’s production of ‘Antigone’ the other day. It is a Greek tragedy. In a tragedy, the end is already foretold. Nothing can avert the final act and all anyone can do is shout – not whimper, but SHOUT! The American experience is not a tragedy yet, but it’s getting close. Let’s at least make it a horse race. There is still time for someone to step forward and admit that this IS a war, not a minuet; to gather all that sustains him to his side, and set out to win. It is important that he remember that their arrows are only words for now – not fences, not chains. The reason the Left howls is because our side is effective. Don’t make the mistake of using their words to belittle our own.