Forced retirement is a good thing for a failed presidency

George W. needs to leave as quietly as possible, with as little fanfare as possible considering the total mess he has left his successor. At first, President-electBarack Obama will be seen as the stable-boy cleaning out the stables after the departed master. His task, in cleaning up the mess in America will not be an easy one. Frankly, I do not think it can be done in one term. Rather thanpositoning himself for a run at a second-term like Obama is already doing, he is going to find that “words are cheap.” He made promises he frankly cannot keep to the American public, many of whom, the devout Obama supporters view him as some kind of Messiah. Here’s the thing about Messiah’s- often they are crucified by their own people. So the deaprting Prez, needs to leave as quietly as possible and the incoming Prez, who has shot off his mouth during the campign, telling the American people what they want to hear and not being able to keep many of the promises he made- needs to take office as “humbly” as possible and with little fanfare.

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The path of least resistance?

In politics, the voting public treads the path of least resistance because it’s safe, it’s comfortable, it’s familiar. The voting public fears change and the politicians that run for office every four-years know this, so they play on our fears ………….

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