November midterms are now national. Local issues are wholly incidental. This comes predictably after the federal government has and is continuing to insert itself into virtually every aspect of our lives. Now, if this experiment had proved successful (anywhere in the world), nobody would much mind. But as it has clearly brought nothing but chaos and uncertainty, the feeling of immanent doom has become palpable.
The number one news item of recent decades should be: How has the major media in this country avoided warning us of the signs, focusing instead on Obama’s celebrity, Tiger Woods’ escapades and Gloria Allred’s gotcha games? At some point they should have awakened to the fact that their reporting is shunned by the public-at-large as is evidenced by tanking ratings and cliff-diving paid subscriptions.
The clue, perhaps, can be found in the answers to the question: Why have you chosen journalism as your career? The replies invariably revolve around a desire to change the world (ego). So, when Obama put it bluntly that he is out to change the nation, legions of young idealist reporters took the bait and ran with it. Now they are embarrassed (or should be), thinking that, by acknowledging their mistake, they have personally failed.
This may be so. Clearly our media in general has failed us. It may well be that we have already gone too far to turn things around. But it’s never too late for contrition. Let’s at the very least chronicle our demise honestly and point our wagging fingers in the appropriate direction.
How long will we maintain this charade - this now sad, half century old dictum - that says Republicans are always wrong and Democrats are always right? How long till we admit to the policy failures on the Left? How long will we try to force this square, overly-simplistic logic into a template that literally screams for redemption?
The truth be told, no one is immune from making mistakes. It’s the double-standard that hurts.
It’s not Obama’s fault. Obama is who he is. The media has left us to ignore who he is. They had let us to believe that he is just a man - an American, like the rest of us. We never suspected his radical bent.
Political gotcha no longer works. This has become a referendum on the Obama administration‘s handling of high office. It has exposed the corruption of the unions who - it has always been suspected - work hand in glove with corporate moneybags - both foreign and domestic. It has exposed academe, Hollywood, major media. It has exposed Islam. It has exposed science. It has exposed terror, racism, acts of God, food and the inevitability of certain death as blunt means of controlling one’s own people.
Make no mistake, it will not end well. The enemy is well entrenched. The least we can do is to not follow blindly. Make them pay for their sins; hold them to account for their arrogance. So, when the time comes to start over, we can do it right.
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