It's NOT a wonder. Didn't pathetic voters elect him, not once, but twice? That in itself explains the thought process and mentality of the American voters. Why would anyone be surprised by anything Obama does? Those of us that had him figured out months before he was elected the first time, certainly aren't surprised, shocked, nor caught with our pants down. And, if he completely destroys this once great nation, it's NOT his fault. He's ONLY doing what he's been allowed to do. He didn't just waltz into Washington and take a seat in the oval office, stupid ignorant voters put him there.
Look, the reality is that once elected to office, professional politicians exert their will, and not the will of the people. "The Washington Brotherhood" is an entity unto itself, answerable to no one except itself. Once one understands that truism, the rest of the questions about what goes on in this country, and our actions abroad, are self-explanatory. It doesn't take an MIT graduate, nor a Philadelphia lawyer to see and understand how our government works, and who they work for. In the eyes of politicians, we're seen as nothing more than a source for votes and tax revenue, plain and simple.
QUESTIONS ???
As is regularly the case, my problem with you is that you will only group all "professional politicians" as the same.
Clearly....and I say 'clearly' with reference to the OP, that is not the case.
Reagan vs. Obama
The former, pro-America and pro- American, far sighted, effective, competent.
The latter.....none of the above.
I challenge you to agree with such obvious differentiation.
Well, can you name a single professional politician that has actually done anything while in office except "play politics as usual"? Can you name a single professional politician that refuses to accept "anything" from Lobbyists and special interests? Can you name a single professional politician that has lead protests and marches against government corruption? Can you name a single professional politician that has exposed government corruption while in office? Can you name a single professional politician that has called the "people" together, a la MLK, and marched on the Capitol, calling Congress out into the street? Can you name a single professional politician that uses the national media to shame members of Congress by name, and ask that they be removed from Washington by whatever means possible?
In other words, please name one professional politician that does NOT play the game? Name one professional politician that actually fights for every single American citizen, and does so daily, non-stop, and begs the general public to help in that effort? Name one professional politician that's NOT "on-the-take"? How many professional politicians make daily headlines for their defense of the interests of the American people? How many daily ask for the removal of Obama?
Look, this isn't rocket science. Professional politicians make their game obvious. Everyone knows where the untold multi-$millions go that's handed out by Lobbyists and special interests. Everyone knows that professional politicians are bought and paid for. It's no secret. Professional politicians are mere puppets for the wealthy, the powerful, and the influential. The truth of the matter is that the American citizens have NO representation. Only the wealthy, the powerful, and the influential can afford representation.
QUESTIONS ???
Sure.
I already named the professional politician who infused the American economy and defused the Evil Empire.
Open your eyes.
Reagan did nothing compared to what Gorby did to dismantle the USSR..
That's exactly the propaganda the Leftist elites tried to pass off as reality, and it seems to have worked with the least astute.....you.
"SO ON WHOM or what do we bestow the title of the "evil empire's" killer? Was it Mikhail Gorbachev himself who pulled down what Lenin and Stalin had built up?
It is tempting to finger Gorbachev, but this would ascribe too much wisdom and foresight to a man who wanted merely to reform, but not to relinquish, the empire. At no point, however, did Gorbachev want to yield Moscow's pride of place as the number two superpower.
And he was blissfully confident that the risks were tolerable:
"There is no reason to fear the collapse or the end of socialism", Gorbachev assured Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu three weeks after the Berlin Wall had been breached and three weeks before the Romanian dictator was executed by his own people."
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The Amazing and Mysterious Life of Ronald Reagan The National Interest
And this:
Ronald Reagan, though dismissed by Europeans as a second-rate actor and fondler of cue cards,
possessed that magic faculty that separates run-of-the mill politicos from history-molding leaders. "I didn't understand", recalls Time's Joe Klein, "how truly monumental, and morally important, Reagan's anti-communism was until I visited the Soviet Union in 1987." He continues with a seemingly trivial vignette. Attending the Bolshoi Ballet, he was nudged by his minder: "
'Ronald Reagan. Evil empire', he whispered with dramatic intensity and shot a glance toward his lap where he had hidden two enthusiastic thumbs up. 'Yes!'"
When an American president manages to pluck the soul strings of those who have been raised to fear and despise what he represents,
he surely deserves the honorific 'great.'
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