The Ship of State
by Jim on Jan.24, 2012, under Politics
A good friend asked the following question today: ” Whose hand do you want on the tiller of the ship of state?” A great question considering the state of the country and the bloody political primaries in the Republican party. The many coments on the last blog item indicate that there is a great deal of passion here.
Tonight we see the current captain of the ship of state try to tell us that things are getting better and that he needs more time to finish his mission. Does anyone really accept that? Okay, what about contenders for his job. Do we want Mitt or Newt at the helm? This is a critical question and has to be looked at without the passion of the debate spectacles. I just read that Newt is threatening to pull out of debates if cheering and applauding are not allowed. That concerns me. Actually, these so called “debates” are not really debates at all. I wonder why they even exist and why people participate. I think it is time to revamp the entire process on how we get to know candidates. It is now a circus or a hatchet job, or both. What do we really learn?
But to get back to the original question, whose hand do you want on the tiller of the ship of state? A mercurial unpredictable Newt or a lacklustre bland Mitt? It is hard to put passion aside as there really is a visceral dislike for the president: but we must. What is your opinion?
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January 24th, 2012 on 8:56 pm
I would hope we’ve all learned by now that bland is far preferable over unpredictable. No contest.
January 25th, 2012 on 9:32 am
Mitt doesn’t strike me as bland. Bland is a subjective opinion… unpredictable is more of an observation of fact.