Old Rocks
Diamond Member
I see valid points discussed here and I also see examples of why this country doesn't feel good about itself.
When it comes to the media it's the fact negativity sells whereas when it comes to politics negativity can destroy your opponent. If you don't have good ideas the easiest way to run a campaign is go negative. However yesterdays primary results shows that negativity doesn't always work. People are tired of hearing how much the other guy sucks. They just aren't buying it. Lying about your opponent only reflects poorly on you.
It's clear Obama is incapable of leading this country with a positive message. If anyone wonders why Ronald Reagan was such a great president, it wasn't because he had all of the answers, it was because his positive influence gave us hope. I see none of that from our current leaders.
Right now, we don't feel that good about ourselves because we have let the 1% of the greediest and most amoral gather all the wealth and power to themselves. That has resulted in a near depression, and the deaths of over 5000 of our sons and daughters in useless overseas wars.
Time for the 99% to gather back the reins of power, and replace our present oligarchy with a democracy.