A Strange Old World...

The current political scene is rife with accusations of unfairness, bitterness, frustration, polarization, and almost any opposite that attracts the other. This is nothing new and anyone who says it is has to be blind to history... simply go back to the previous administration and look at the accusations, name calling, and outright bitterness. This is our recent history so please don't pretend that something new is happening in the outrage section of our politics.

And as a Democrat I have to admit that my party is to blame in most of the name calling... yes there are some on the right that have moved beyond the "niceties" of politics (can you believe I wrote that?) but the outright name calling and vitriol of the left toward any conservative opinion is far less grounded in thought than even the Rush Limbaugh's of the right... by the way what is the percentage of people who actually listen to Rush or the like? 10% -20%? How many people have heard the message of the left and Obama in particular... this President has spoken and spoken and spoken like no right winger to even the largest audience anyone could speak to and without any difficult questions... even a follow up to what is your favorite White Sox player in history to a guy who made it evident that he is a "fan" to the detriment of the Nats, the Cubs, and any other team... I doubt he could name a non-steroid taking A's player if actually questioned.

This is a strange world. Our President is proving beyond any other in recent history that he is out of touch with the people he is supposed to represent. Even Nixon, who I recently got to watch a person rub their shoe on his brick in the walk of fame at Whittier College, was more transparent and held more accountable by the "media".

This is a strange world... my sense is that we have move back in history not forward. We now live in the early 20th century, where the back rooms contained the power and no claim that Halliburton (sic) comes close to what is happening.

There is so little consolation in politics, it seems that my namesake had a better end... at least only the dark ages followed his passing.