So many Americans have been raising their voices in a chorus ranging from displeasure to outright anger for a year now but time and time again the administration simply ignores them. Even when a million-odd citizens gathered on the Mall on 9/12 to protest the ever-increasing size of the federal government, the administration claimed they didn’t notice. Indeed, President Walking Eagle made it a point to leave town.
It’s discouraging, to be sure, when phone calls go unanswered, mail responses are simply canned campaign-like responses, and face-to-face encounters go unacknowledged except as an excuse for the mainstream media to show off the more vulgar side of their limited vocabulary. But there may be hope. For not only was the Massachusetts special election just too big to be ignored, but the reasons behind it may actually start to be sinking in. Though not exactly in a straight, forward direction.
David Axelrod stated that “in this weird political season, we have become accustomed to unusual outbursts” in the House during presidential speeches.
I suppose that if you’re of the opinion that Government Knows Best, then having your self-proclaimed authority challenged might very well be considered unusual. But I personally find it incredibly refreshing that ordinary citizens, like you and me, are finally beginning to participate more fully in the grand old glory that is the process of governing the Republic. Our unique system of checks and balances provides for debate and there isn’t a damned thing wrong with an honest rebuttal. But I suppose the key word there is “honest”. As we, the people, slowly regain our insight into the workings of our government, it is clear that honesty is decidedly lacking and the main purpose of debate has been reduced to little more than posturing for position.
His Transparency has even resorted to avoiding press conferences for fear reporters will ask questions that we, the people, want answered. The official spin is that the TOTUS prefers to instead give “interviews” (aka campaign ops).
And that spells not only Waterloo for His Transparency, but for all the progressive liberals in government and their dangerously socialist ideology.