Funny you should ask Mag. It's actually a fair question, and you are right to ask it. In my view, the point of our "diatribes" is not so much to say we have someone better in mind, but more of a critique of the process of selecting the man who ultimately got into the White House.
I can't speak for anyone else as to who would be better; everyone has their own opinions, and when it comes to politics, they can be very strong ones. My personal disenchantment with the process and with who ended up winning is based simply on the fundamental belief that I have that this was an incredibly weak field of candidates. To be sure, the last few elections have been utter disappointments when one considers what they offered in terms of candidates. I mean come on - look at who we have had to choose from in the past. Bush? Gore? Kerry? Edwards? Clinton? Romney? Sharpton? Guiliani? McCain? Obama? Are you seriously telling me that these yokels are the best this country has to offer? My God - I personally know a dozen more honest, more intelligent, more genuine, more
qualified people than these buffoons just in my own neighborhood. Personally, I have no doubt that on the issue of leadership, character, and understanding of the Constitution, I could have wiped the floor with McCain and Obama easily. But, alas, neither I, nor you, nor any of my neighbors are part of the elitist establishment that determines who will make up the field of potential nominees. It' the consummate good ole' boy club, and none of us 'little folk' are welcome in. We as a constituency don't seem too concerned about that anyway; we are apparently more content just pointlessly bickering amongst ourselves about which idiot from the pre-determined pool of idiots is slightly lees of a moron than the others. A Greek philosopher (I believe it was Plato, but I'm not positive) said "Those who deem themselves too smart or too righteous for politics doom themselves to be ruled by those dumber and less virtuous than themselves." Can you think of a more appropriate, more fitting synopsis of American politics?
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
- Mahatma Gandhi