Watching the opening today of the Obama Presidential Center was bittersweet. Sweet because it reminded us of the way things once were when we were led by honorable people and were respected in the world; bitter because we could not help but note the contrast with the way things are today when we are led by dishonorable people who are only interested in enriching themselves, the country be damned, and the rest of the world avoids us as much as possible. And who can blame them?
The thing that galls me the most (just ask my husband) is that we are in this situation because the majority of the voters in the last election JUST COULD NOT BRING THEMSELVES TO VOTE FOR A SUPREMELY QUALIFIED WOMAN!!!
And so here we are - stuck with a criminal leading the country until January 20, 2029. Thirty-one more months unless Nature intervenes. Just think of the damage he can do during that period of time. Truly it boggles the mind...
We can only hope that American voters have learned their lesson and, when given a chance to vote again, will remember this and do their best to choose honorable leaders. But, again, to quote my husband, "People are stupid."
Still, we hope. It is an Obama thing.
How true. It wasn't just that people couldn't vote in a woman - that would have been a stretch - but she was a woman of colour, and that was just not to be countenanced, apparently. Very sad.
ReplyDeleteI think the "problem" was mostly her gender. After all, the voters had previously chosen a Black man as president.
DeleteKamala Harris would have been vastly superior. I have to say, Dorothy, I was never greatly enamoured of her, but she was infinitely better thanTrump (primordial slime would be preferable to Trump), but she always struck me as a “typical” politician, and when she backtracked on banning fracking I was deeply disappointed. The whole political system seems greatly in need of being made over, and limits on campaign contributions would be a great start. Elections can literally be bought, and that is hardly democracy.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt there are many improvements that could be made to the system but getting them through that "system" is the problem.
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