Michael1942's Blog

Pondering the current Presidential race with all of  the related blurbs, opinions and statistics, I think I understand the assorted opinions and  misconceptions that are everywhere. We as a country are reduced to the sum of our stereotypes. This is one of the few countries that aside from our native Americans have no true national origin. Contrary to popular opinion we are a heady mixture of the rest of the world. We are the product of  influences from every ethno-religious faction on the planet.  This Presidential campaign has brought out the worst in us more so than the last when Mr. Obama won the office. We expected bigger changes than we have received and the fence walkers feel vindicated even thought their understanding of how government works is flawed.  Why do we accept less than ideal results from  a White office holder but not a person of color? History will show that the fault in this failure  extends back to  our Congress no matter who is in the oval office but has grown bitterly worse due to the color of the office holders skin. The Congress has failed us more than any Oval Office holder. We have let our innate,perceived and learned biases influence our judgement as surely as if we had that behaviour  injected by a needle. To accept or tolerate this behaviour in any form should not be in our National DNA since that DNA is all of us. If we accept the tacit Racism employed by our Congress can we trust their judgement on issues that affect us all?