I have been through quite a few elections in my time. Sometimes, the results produced euphoria, while others were a dissapointment. This time around, the results of the Election of 2010 produced a sense of foreboding which is unusual for me. It wasn't until I read a small letter published in today's New York Times that I realized why my heart was so heavy.
The letter's author, Francesca Mihok of Vermont, uses a quote from one of our country's founders, John Adams. Adams is purported to have said, "...I fear that in every Assembly, members obtain influence by noise not sense. By meanness not greatness. By ignorance not learning. By contracted hearts not large souls..."
The quote does little to change the foreboding I feel, but it does explain for me, our current political reality.
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As also noted in a recent NY Times OpEd, if the Tea Party is successful in pushing the GOP to the far right and nominates the likes of Palin, Angle or DeMint for President in 2012, moderate Republicans and Independents will run for cover and Obama will be re-elected. Do not despair! (yet)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Stacia.
ReplyDeleteThose of us who have passionate views on these things (and thank God we do) often despair -- on one side or another.
But we must trust in democracy, for it has a way of working things out in the end.
Place trust in the people and their good common sense.