Singing the Same Song for a Change

I wake up early, grab a cup of hot tea, and turn on the talking heads so they can tell me not just what to think, but why I should share their perspectives. It's good for starting the day with a smile, but this morning, for the first time in just about a year, everyone is on the same page: a non-democrat won the Massachusettes' senate seat left vacant since the death of Senator Ted Kennedy.

Wow: how did that happen? If anyone other than the Fox News Network had been listening for the past 6 months or so, no one would have to ask that question. The President cannot promise change we can believe in -- and then do business as usual. People VOTED for CHANGE, not for the continuation of what has been standard practice in Washington. We were almost fooled by the promise of health care reform, but when Nebraska got a goodie no other state was offered -- unlimited FREE health care for all of its citizens -- we got the message: this isn't change and we friggin' cannot believe this!

Obama came across during his meteroic candidacy as an intelligent, articulate man with a plan -- and even I chose him as the lesser of two evils when Sarah Palin was abruptly added to the Republican ticket. However, Obama has not shown me one single instance in which he has a plan, a concrete vision that he can articulate to the citizens of this country and that will make a difference. He talks, and he talks, and he talks, and he asks me to believe in him, but he's nailed one foot to the ground and is going around and around in circles and calling it progress.

He wasn't going to do business as usual when he came to Washington a year ago, but who did he bail out??? The same old same old big business corporations. He had a plan to reform health care in this country, but rather than either presenting a concrete, specific plan or a bill I could believe in, he handed the task to Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Are you f-ing kidding me??? He said that "his" economic stimulus program would provide jobs for Americans who are out of work, but unemployment has steadily continued to rise. He said we'd be out of the Middle East, taking care of our own, but we're sending more troops and expanding our circle of military deployment daily.

When Martin Luther King, Jr said he had a dream, he led the march. King had the charisma and the chatter, too, but he didn't just talk the talk: he walked the walk, leading his believers to the promised land, not just telling them about it!

This election in Massachusettes is NOT a Republican victory: it's a Democratic defeat. People are not drinking the Kool-Aid, and they aren't going to drink it unless it tastes good and quenches our thirst. We're in tough times and we want a President who LEADS, not just talks about it. Come to the front of the line, Mr. President, and show us the way. Give us change we can believe in or you're going to be out of a job much sooner than you thought when you took the oath of office a year ago.