President’s Day
by Miki Saxon
Happy President’s Day.
Sad to say that the quality of those in the office over the last 50 years has gone seriously downhill from the quality of the first 50.
Several years ago I wrote
We have no leaders, let alone statesmen, just ideologues, elected by like-minded ideologues, who care only about getting reelected, bringing government money back to their constituency and making lucrative connections in the event they aren’t reelected or are caught by term limits.
and have added to and reposted the full original a couple of times (be sure to check out the link to the original comments).
Based on the current political activity it’s not likely to improve any time soon (this applies to both Houses of Congress, as well as state, regional and local races).
Ideology is the primary lens through which all actions are viewed and any real value to the country and its citizenry is a distant second.
What are your thoughts? What can be done to change this?
Flickr image credit: Kurt Magoon
