As could be expected, the unfortunate issue of race has for better or worse been fully injected into the 2008 Presidential race. For many, this shocking revelation comes as no surprise, for they still find themselves living in a time and perhaps place, where the issues of racial divisiveness and unnecessary logic are seen as not only mundane – every day – standards, but rather status quo perceptions of how America was and therefore ought to be.
Yet there are others, thankfully, who have experienced in one way or another the necessity of an improved and much needed check on reality, the likes of which has made possible not only the rise of minority Americans, but of all Americans! After all, isn't America, the very country in which first instilled the universal beliefs and ideological doctrines of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? The likes of which has served as both precedence and hope for more than one-hundred countries filled with millions of people, both of whom are or have been at times staunchly engaged in the skilled craft of mimicking a more homogonous-like- replication of our own influential documents. So why is it, or better yet how is it, that a country as blessed and enlightened as the United States, could over the course of sum two-hundred and twenty years, still continue to struggle with and undervalue the resounding sentiments echoed in documents molded so long ago?
In one of Mr. Obama’s more moving speeches, the junior Senator from Illinois looked to further highlight and articulate this very point. However, instead of focusing on the broader picture of America’s collective unwillingness to adapt to inspired levels of much needed unity, Barack Obama did unfortunately what all modern politicians do, utter spirited words of quick and politically motivated relief. While this tactic of cyclical emptiness may work for the vast majority of un-advised or under-educated voters, it didn’t resound evenly among the vast electorate. So the question must then be asked, does highlighting the issue of American racism due justice when one is attempting to describe the conscientious approach needed to more fully employ greater calls for a more perfect union? Or rather, do similiar approaches serve only to further the utilization of over-used and over-hyped rhetorical stances, which look to supply and not remove the forces of exclusion and division?
But Mr. Obama isn’t alone in this endeavor. For he, like the vast majority of our elected and un-elected public officials, has come to view, and most often misinterpret, issue after issue, whether it be based upon race or the likes of foreign policy, as nothing more than minute details, and as a result require nothing more than make-shift verbiage chased leisurely by slightly unimaginative recognition. Take for example, Senator John McCain, and his approach and consequential stance towards illegal immigration and the degradation of US sovereignty and rule of law.
For here is a distinctive example of a man, whose bravery and devotion to that of his country and homeland, is only surpassed by his apparent willingness to assist in its gradual decomposition. Not only does this stance serve to violate his pledging allegiance to the very Constitution he has sworn to uphold and protect, by overlooking the constitutionally enshrined principles of among others:
justice,
domestic tranquility,
common defense, and the
blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity. But again, much like Senator Obama, Mr. McCain demonstrates his readiness to sabotage the much needed issue of resolve, in favor of the short term benefits of unilateral political vibrancy and unequivocal personal gain.
Instead of furthering the cause of political cohesiveness, whereby the attributes of representation, responsiveness, and accountability could thrive, the two leading challengers for the 2008 Presidential nomination have already proven unsuccessful and at times out of touch with the true ambiance of “We the people”. By constantly focusing on issues that instigate unnecessary levels of polarization and haziness, Senator’s Obama and McCain continue to do a great disservice to themselves and to the American people. Thus, the need for a resounding reduction in the ways of political selfishness cloaked within the bleakness of institutionalized fragmentation must be rendered if not entirely dissolved.
Until we, the lone legitimizing force of true political empowerment, learn to more fully expect and then elect proper men and women to the most esteemed offices in all the land, we can and should continue to anticipate politicians in place of statesman, professional administrators instead of patriots, and Obamacans/McCainanites at the expense of Jefferson’s, Madison’s, or Monroe’s.
Well at least we can visually begin to acknowledge where more than 300 billion dollars a year of our hard earned - well allocated funds are being sent to disappear. Doesn’t anybody else find it odd or perhaps even a bit disturbing to know that every year the United States of America willingly funds and assists this hideous conglomerate to the tune of $8,219,178.08 a day? Yes that’s right, and if that number didn’t do the trick take a quick gander at the most recent US State Department figures through the 2003-2004 fiscal calendar year.
