THE NOTION THAT WE SHOULD BE "LEAD" BY PEOPLE "LIKE US" IS TROUBLING...
IF I'M A DRUNK. I WANT A "DRUNK LIKE ME" TO BE PRESIDENT...SO I VOTE FOR DUBYA...
AND THE "FREE BEER PARTY" IS MY CHOICE...!
IF I'M STUPID? ...THEN, NATURALLY, DUBYA IS MY CANDIDATE TOO...WHY? BECAUSE:
"HE STUPID LIKE ME!!"
IF I'M BLACK THEN I'M FOR OBAMA...
IF I'M A SHIA OR SUNNI IN IRAQ...I SUPPORT THE SHIA OR THE SUNNI CANDIDATE...
HAS DEMOCRACY...BECOME DUMBOCRACY...?
WELL OF COURSE IT HAS...
THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT... WITH "NEWS PROGRAMING" IN THE US MEDIA NOW MORE LIKE "REALITY TV"...
THE MEDIA COULD DESTROY THE NOTION DEMOCRACY OR DAMAGE IT FOR A LONG TIME TO COME.
IF AMERICANS DON'T START DEFENDING AND DEFINING THEIR DEMOCRACY THEY COULD LOSE IT IN A FEW YEARS...!
THE ABANDONMENT OF DEMOCRACY FOR THE "STRONG LEADER" FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS NOT WITHOUT HISTORIC PRECEDENT...
LOOK AT FRANCE AFTER THEIR REVOLUTION. OR HOW REPUBLICAN ROME FELL INTO IMPERIALISM, OR RUSSIA THROUGHOUT MOST OF IT'S MODERN HISTORY...!!
CAUTION IS ADVISED!
THOSE WHO DO NOT NURTURE THEIR DEMOCRACY ARE DOOMED TO LOSE IT!!
