posted 30 October 2008 05:29 AM                   

Another enjoyable read from Mr. Gottschalk's pen. One day perhaps, some of this might aptly describe a future sea change in US political mindsets, but it is not now. Like the MSM in the US who have once again fallen hook, line and sinker for false reasoning, he seems overly optimistic about the sudden turn around in the minds of US voters. Like many in this country, USians seem to cherish instant gratification above all else, be it in the acquisition of consumer products, or in their desire for crushing defeats of the 'enemy' wherever they may be. It wasn't Bush's foreign bloodletting that caused people to second-guess their earlier support, but the massive expenditures involved, which have become too expensive to ignore, even by American standards. It wasn't an aversion to the ideology of America's self delusional superiority over the nations of the world, or the big stick tactics of the past eight years, but the fact that this approach has not satisfactorily yielded the desired results. It’s not as if the age-old practice of massive subsidies to large corporations and banks has suddenly become objectionable, but the realization that none of this largesse seems to be fattening the wallets of Main Street as promised. So called ‘kitchen table’ economics have turned this campaign into a protest vote against the right, and even now after all the obvious disasters, the margins of error and the undecided have the potential to bring about what roughly half of them truly want, which is little change at all.

posted 30 October 2008 07:22 AM                   

You're right, I need to get out more often within the babble universe, even if it's only to see what's going on next door. Maybe someone will be kind enough to close this thread.