"That woman Ms. Lewinsky..."

It was said clearly today on PBS. Barak Obama is too much an elitist to get his hands dirty in the politics of life in the United States. Does he “relate” to the people, or does he just speak to them? Does he “move” the people because he understands their plight, or has he learned what to say as a savvy politician? Has he ever shown any inclination to take off his suit, pick up a hammer, and build a habitat for humanity like past president Jimmy Carter? That didn’t necessarily make him a more successful president, but it did show a side of him we have not seen from Barak Obama. Bill Clinton played the saxophone on national television. Mikhail Gorbachev did a little dance on stage. Bush senior threw up. What we should be looking for in our presidential candidates is a sense of timelessness that comes from wisdom. In the case of Ronald Reagan years of acting gave him insight into the human condition. Growing peanuts in the South gave Jimmy Carter an earthly wisdom. Getting a blow job in the White House showed a side of humanity that is not necessarily bad. It beats sitting on the Extreme Religious Right implying polygamy is ethical. Hypocrisy is bad, but is covering up mistakes in our private life through the watchful eye of media unnatural? Most people would do the same thing. Why is it our media has learned and craves to topple public figures despite their track records of service to the country? Is it that they are more concerned with their own monetary well-being than the good of the people?