(Community Matters) I’m torn about this posting, mostly because it is a time for reconciliation and unity.
I believe our country and this world deserve – even require – repentance from those who so eagerly led us into the financial, societal and global leadership positions we find ourselves after the last eight years. I choose to believe most who led us here did so nobly, honestly expecting better for this country and the world. Though I note the, in some cases, vastly increased wealth & position of many of those GOP champions who accessed investment & earnings opportunities as a result of their unblinking loyalty.
And, I think about their continued advocacy even in light of Sarah Palin a heart beat away from the presidency. At this level, these people are too smart & too experienced to have believed that was in the best interest of our country, suggesting some again placed their positions and wealth ahead of the national and societal interests*
Reviewing GOP support (still) for Sarah Palin as the choice for vice president (read JT’s posting) and considering unrepentent Bush advocacy these last eight years, you gotta wonder whether we should be embracing the civic leadership of those still supporting Palin and G. W. Bush. A sure sign of failed leadership is not learning from our mistakes.
*re: placing one’s interest ahead of national and global interests, my liberal readers may think that I go too far.
Yet, I’ve been told by conservative friends “of course” their interests win. There’s a philosophical, Darwinian approach that believes – in the end – it’s in society’s best interest. Not sure this isn’t mostly rationalization.
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