That Bigger House He Desires

FlyingSongster offers us another expression in our ongoing series of readers’ thoughts on the primaries and upcoming general election – SusanUnPC (if you wish to submit an essay, e-mail me at susanunpc at gmail dot com with a title, a username, and your text)

Minus any emotionalism, and in full disregard of the negative tactics of the Obama campaign;

Not including his questionable associates, who have serious mental problems, as well as the tendency to exploit their followers with emotional crutches, and fully unreasonable drivel;

Excluding the devastating unfairness of the Democratic party and the MSM, it is clear that Mr. Obama is not qualified for the job. His application is thin. He uses his opposition to the Iraq war as proof of his superior judgment. Unfortunately his argument is of the “I told you so” kind. …

He believes that he should be the Commander in Chief of the military, offering, to this country NO experience, questionable judgment and a wife who for all intents and purposes is not fond of America.

He believes as, so many politicians do, that his advisors will lead him, and that he will make judgments based on the full information he will be given. This country cannot really, at this hour, afford a president, whose most common excuses are “an aide filled that out”, or “this isn’t the man I knew”, to be judging anything based on the committed soldiers in the field.

Barack Obama, has shown highly flawed judgment, which is based on his lack of experience, his pragmatism and his enveloping need to impose his judgment about how our lives should be, while his life, is filled with chaotic characters, at best.

He may believe that another speech will change minds, but to be honest, the only speech he can give, which would make sense to me, and others, is “I resign”. This culminating act of humility might set him on the course of true leadership. Obviously, he has believed that what he learned through organizing in the inner city, has given him insight into how deep his soul is, and how expansive. Yet his large house in the middle of the streets filled with poverty, makes him as culpable as those he criticizes.

I realize that those who support him, will not find in my words, anything of value, because some of you are sitting in those latte hotels, with your own smug ideas of how the world should be; others of you are in your college dorms, with your minds, not yet seasoned with the wisdom of recognizing a figurehead. Some of you have misplaced ideals, and just want to hear something “nice” and comforting.

You want to dream again. But dreams begin not because of our vaporous hopes, or desire to follow others. Dreams are solely the hope of your own soul, acting in concert with reason as well as patience and hard work. No one can take you to the mountaintop, and especially those like Mr. Obama, who has not been there himself.

He needs you, more than you need him … to get to that bigger house he desires.