As I watch and listen to elected officials, I’m reminded
of yesteryears and the excitement of having a circus come to
town. A ringmaster introduced each act and we all listened
closely. After an introduction, each act would put on their
show. If the clowns were introduced, they would make the crowd
laugh until they had tears in their eyes.
When
the elephants were told to sit, they would sit. If told to
stand up – they stood. If they didn’t follow
the directives, everyone would laugh at them and the show
would go on. It was well known the elephants were the hardest
workers
in any circus; the event depended upon them to get their
work done. Once they did, they were allowed to rest.
Our
political elephants seem to take time to rest BEFORE they
do any work. In the Wild West Circus acts, donkeys were always
stubborn but a snap of the whip would soon encourage them
to get their act together. These days, our elephants and
donkeys
are so busy fighting and confronting each other, they have
forgotten there is a crowd watching them. Perhaps they just
don’t care but they should notice the crowd is not
laughing; they are becoming very angry and disenchanted.
When
the head elephant says his main objective is to defeat the
head donkey – I wonder if he has any interest in
representing the people.
What is his intended objective?
As I see it, there are just too many animals running around
and the ringmaster has definitely lost control of them. The
people still watching have tears in their eyes, but they are
tears of sorrow, not laughter.
As I write this column, yet another last minute decision was
made by our leaders to keep the country running. This action
was not taken before those desperately in need of help were
threatened.
How
dumb do our politicians think we are? Do they think we believe
if they don’t do their jobs we will wake up one
day and nobody will be there — the country
will have dissolved, perhaps into a puddle of tea?
Speaking
of tea, the Tea Party is really funny. Everyday there is
a debate or straw poll and at
each of them
a new leader
emerges. Michele Bachmann, the first straw poll
winner, has almost disappeared from view, but
she is still
plugging and
calling herself “the comeback kid.”
Another
almost running candidate’s daughter was seen
on tape arguing with a loud mouth about gays and politicians.
After airing the tape — repeatedly — it
appeared to everyone it may have been a staged
confrontation. Do you suppose that is possible?
I
watched Governor Chris Christie looking out for his state’s
residents during the East Coast encounter
with Hurricane Irene.
When
he told people to, “get the hell off the beach,” I
turned to my wife and said, “He could sure get my vote
for President.” She responded, “Mine
too.”
New
York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, author of “The
World Is Flat,” said in a recent column: “The
time is right for a third party candidate.”
I
heartily agree, and perhaps a third party spot would be a
good opening for
Governor
Christie, if he is ashamed
of
his
party. He stated at a recent address
when asked about running: “I
don’t have the fire in my gut for the job,” but
that’s OK. Romney and Perry are
already burnt out and President Obama
is in the
middle of a firestorm.
The whole political mess will completely turn around several
times before we enter the polls a year from now.
I
think it is time to start getting rid of politicians, not
judges. We
could
save a
lot of money, especially
by eliminating
all the special investigations
that become necessary when one of them
is accused
of doing “inappropriate” actions.
I wonder how many law enforcement
departments we have in our county,
and has a new
one been added?