Yesterday, I caught a few minutes of Patrick Caddell, pollster, who goes back to the Carter administration. I stayed tuned-in because he was opining on the state of politicians today, and why we are where we are.
According to him, the country's been blessed throughout its past because in every critical situation, until now, someone equal to the task has stepped up, taken command, and led the nation through its woes and ills. At the moment, however, he sees no one on either side of the aisle who can fulfill that role.
In the same vein, he mentioned that there's an additional problem when leadership is weak or absent, because that opens the door to the serious danger of the wrong people creeping into the void and making matters far worse because there's no one there to stop them. And that comment's what caught my eye.
Because I couldn't agree more with Caddell's premise and am absolutely convinced that leadership-wise, the country's in dire straights. Consequently, his idea that in such situations; opportunists, frauds, self-serving incompetents and just plain worthless zeroes are free to step in makes perfect sense to me. Because that would explain how a loser like Trump gets his fifteen minutes, an amateur like Bachmann can win a straw hat or whatever in fly-over country, and Gingrich gets a chance to make another speech. It also explains how a totally inept windbag can become president of the United States.
So, I feel a little better now thanks to Mr. Caddell, because his premise truly enlightened me. However, I certainly hope the guy on the white horse that he expects will show up pretty soon, while we've still got some of the country left.
That's it for today folks.
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