The "American Idol" Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama
American Idol just started its 8th season a few weeks ago. I haven't been watching as diligently as I used to because after the "Battle of the Davids" last season, American Idol just isn't the same anymore. There is also this rather large grudge that I hold against the whole process that has embodied the show. American Idol has so deeply permeated our culture and embedded that all too familiar "popular" mentality into our collective consciousness that, as a nation, we've succumbed to electing a president with no more meaning and substance than that of a day old, chewed-up bubble gum.
Let me throw out a few question to y'all.
Question #1: How many out there voted for B.O. because of what he stands for?
In case you've forgotten in this era of sound bytes and "spin", B.O. stands to the left of oh, I don't know, Ted Kennedy? He's never met an abortion he didn't like; he's into all that gay rights things like they didn't have any and they're forced to sit in the back of the bus and drink from public fountains labeled "queer", or worst, "fags"; he's all about shutting down Gitmo and though he has yet to announce what he intends to do with all the detainees there, he's bent on undermining the safety of this country from all of them who wants us dead; and the mother of all campaign promises - redistribution of wealth! Who does he think he is anyway Robin of Locksley? I'm sorry, my hard earned money, which I rightfully, legally AND morally earn is mine to do with as I please. I don't need him to dictate how I can spend it. Why am I being punished for being an upstanding, responsible and productive citizen? Besides, I'm not sure that whole "men in tights" look is his style, know what I mean?
Question #2: How many voted for B.O. because y'all hated George W. Bush?
Honestly, I voted for Dubya. Twice! But the man let me down during the last few years of his tenure. Do you actually think the reason his approval rating looked like a professional golfer's handicap was because of all the Democrats who hated him? It's because of all of us Conservatives whom he just threw to the wolves. When we're not happy, we're not afraid to say or show it, be it our own. More than I can say for the other party. The one with the Jack er I mean Donkey.
Question #3: How many voted for B.O. so they can say they were a part of history and put a Half-Black Man in the White House?
I guess half steps are better than none right? I understand, yet respectfully disagree, with all that being a part of history baloney. For all of you who voted for him based on this reason, what a shame. If y'all want to be a part of history, do it for the right reasons, not because the guy's half-white. That just shows the esteem you hold race relations in which is not very high.
Question #4: How many voted for him because every NEWS personality or pundit within a hair's breath of a microphone, or a dead-tree op/ed writer, lauded his achievements, capabilities, intelligence or personality?
If you voted for him for this reason, you got sold a bill of goods and may I say this in earnest "Caveat Emptor". Let's face it, B.O. aka "Hope-y and Change-y" is a carefully crafted image whose experience is founded on community activism and whose charisma is based on a Teleprompter's scroll. His greatest ability to date is to raise money. Even after his election, he's still dipping into the pockets of those who put him in office and added to his list of potential donors by cutting a deal with rival Hillary Clinton in exchange for her husband's top secret list of enablers. An entire nation got fed a bunch of hooey, thanks to the likes of Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann, as to how he can save us from ourselves, and that he is "The One" who can give us "Hope" and real "Change".
Face it, B.O. aka "Hope-y and Change-y" is neither. On the day of his coronatio... err inauguration, the Stock Market dropped a couple hundred points indicating the kind of confidence, or lack thereof, of those who understand Business and Free Market Economics have in his administration. One of his first acts as president was to repeal abortion and partial abortion bans in place to protect unborn children. PS: All you Christians out there who voted for him, how does that make you feel knowing you've got blood on your hands? Or does it even matter cause abortion isn't written in the red ink you guys (and gals) are so fond of.
The fact of the matter is, Barack Hussein Obama was elected to the highest office in the nation not because of his ideology or his capability but because he looked good on television and for the last two years, his "people" cultivated that carefully crafted image of "peace", "hope" and "love", stuck a label on it and sold it to the public, much like Simon Cowell's opinion could make or break a contestants career or they're chances of moving on to next week's round on American Idol.
