Monday, November 24, 2008

In light of Congress's adamant rejection of Term Limits, the term "Clinton Re-treads" is a misnomer. With America's current chronic state of ADD it would be surprising if anyone other than political analysts remembered who was in the White House eight years ago. According to the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's recent civic exam administered to both law-makers and citizens, both groups scored poorly. What did score in the 99th percentile has been the federal government's stalemate in Congress. The governing body of the United States, while under a huge blanket of civilian employees, is not that large. There are 100 Senators. There are 435 Representatives. That makes a grand total of 535 law-makers in Congress. Considering the aforementioned rejection of Term Limits, America's recent apathy over the effectiveness of voting, and political lobbying that means the pool of Republicans and Democrats that run the nation is relatively small. It stands to reason it could be represented as Bill Clinton's eight years in the Presidency as opposed to George W. Bush's eight years in the Presidency. Television media in particular uses this platform to fuel their Right Wing propaganda. It is inappropriate, and the better programs use a greater historical survey upon which to draw conclusions about current political issues. In the short run "news" shows are no different than webcasts by Al Qeada. They just shout antagonisms and air interviews with unknown politcal analysts. Republicans are using Hillary Clinton's nomination as Barack Obama's future Secretary of State as a ridiculous argument to refute the "change" for which Americans voted in the recent election. Let it be understood Americans did vote for change, but that change was for the Democratic Party. They voted for change from the disabled politics of a stalled Republican-led Congress. While resurrecting an anachronistic argument over Bill Clinton might incite anger on television, America has no real interest. What is obvious is there is a tenacious Clinton-Haters camp with sour grapes, and they are lining up to receive the next blowjob from Monica Lewinsky. If they instead would use Elliot Spitzer's example instead resigning from public office first, then maybe their selfish misgivings might be quelled. In England, the country against which America rebelled citing religious difference, prostitution is legal. The prudish, tight-lipped, conservative English allow the buying and selling of sex. Do we as a country use simple, biological needs to topple our political governing system? Are we the only country naive enough to let personal infidelities ruin our government? It seems running the country into trillions of dollars worth of debt is a more impeachable offense. If America indeed is a superpower, the way we have been branded by the rest of the world, then we are a childish, selfish, arrogant country that has never grown up enough to realize Socialism by definition is a socio-economic system meant to take care of the masses, not empower the elite. While sexual promiscuity is a personal failure, it does not predicate a law-makers intellectual ability. If we truly were the world's superpower, we would start by invigorating sex education in the public schools. We would not wrap ourselves in tunics, hide behind puritan beards and hats, and refuse to embrace modernism. Liberalism is the key to America's future success, and the longer we belabor the process the longer our resurrection will be delayed.