The little man rises up on his toes again. It’s an uncontrollable urge to be bigger than he really is, if even for a split second. The little arms shoot out in tandem, fingers splayed as wide as they will go; the gesture is brief, tentative, and awkward, out of sync with his emphasis: “Sentor [sic] Obama took a very different approach to the count– [sic] crisis our country faced [sic]. (Loud Boos) At first he didn’t want to get involved. You may have noticed it’s not my style to phone it in. (Cheers) I went to Washington last week; to make sure that the taxpayers in Ohio and across this great country were not left footing the bill for mistakes made in [sic] Wall Street and evil and greed in Washington.” (Cheers)
But just like Sarah Palin knows foreign policy because of her state’s proximity to Russia, John McCain solves economic crises by moving his phone closer to Washington. That means he got involved, and that he didn’t “phone it in” like he claims Obama did, because he made a “local” call.
Stalemate of the dominance of mediocrity
What happened on Capital Hill today was the stalemate of the dominance of mediocrity. House Republicans threw a shit-fit because Naughty Nancy insulted them by having the cojones to actually blame them for the mess their deregulation of the banking industry has created. Of course there were Democrats who were complicit; there always are. But all these incompetent politicians are reflective of the dominance of mediocrity in government, and now, as someone has famously said, “The chickens [have come] home to roost.”
Anyone who can dress themselves knows we’ve had evil idiots at the helm for nearly eight years; but what is not more commonly understood is that no state can transcend the moral values of its citizenry as exemplified in their chosen leaders. Ignorance and selfishness will insure the downfall of even the highest type of government.
But America is still determined to flirt with impending disaster by electing to its highest office an angry little midget, a small and arrogant-minded little weeny of a man, who masquerades as a hero, a man of the people, as “one of us.” As “anything” that will garner him a few more votes. And to add catastrophe to injury, he has selected a total incompetent to step in when he strokes out.
He has said he will do whatever it takes to win, including the worst that boundless selfish ambition can dredge up, and he’s proving it day by day. His ridiculous antics of the past week should leave every rational American indignant that a prospective president would grandstand in such a juvenile fashion, and in thrusting himself into a problem beyond his abilities to comprehend let alone resolve, to do absolutely nothing to solve the problem.
Wall Street may yet burn to the ground; good riddance. The banking industry may get the ass-whipping it has deserved for decades, and the middle class may finally rise up and make it clear whom these mediocre little pricks work for. Whatever happens, make no mistake: the change we need has come very much closer.
