Excuse me, Mr. President, but what's that you say?
O My God!
I saw on aol.com that the President gave an interview to ABCNews where he indicated that this election will not be "about" him.
Pardon my rather unpatriotic use of the French language when I say, "C'est Bullshit!"
While I realize this is merely a last-ditch tactic employed by the White House to salvage its dignity in anticipation of pending electoral defeat, it's also the dumbest thing the man has ever said. All the other dumb comments can at least be attributed to a general ignorance and/or a willful ignorance. But the man knows politics. It's probably the only thing he knows as well as lighting bongs and doing kegstands.
The President is head of party. He controls its agenda. He controls its actions. For years, his White House has even decided who runs for Congress in most all races. The man's administration has even threatened to withdraw access and support from anyone (bureaucrats, politicians, lobbyists) who opposed his will.
This election is all about him. Every vote cast, and even those not cast, will be a reflection of public sentiment on the administration. The American people are eager for a little political restraint of the White House. Nearly six years of single-party rule has reminded them why the architects of the capital housed Congress and the President at opposite ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. When the politicians forget this, when they disregard their duties to balance the authority exercised at the polar ends of that axis, when they collude to destroy the Constitution, and when they yield to the seductions of unlimited power then they all share the same fate.
Thank God that the American people, who themselves are not always the smartest, are wise to this president and disagree about what's being decided in this election.
