THE MOST UNPOPULAR thing that obama has done is "obamacare", we might agree. It is also the most unrepublican , liberal, and cooperative. Therefore, one would expect romney and the republicans to place great emphasis on bashing and trashing it during the current presidential campaign.
But of course, they can't. They can't because der mittster did the same thing in massachusetts, and in fact obama care is patterned after romney care. Romney promulgated socialized health care because he saw that it could save a lot of money, if properly implemented, and because he needed to do something to increase his popularity among the voters. And that is precisely the basis upon which obamo care is predicated, or should be.
Our current divisive nation is a choice, a mass choice. We all seem to think that the more stridently and dramatically we oppose the plans of others, the more effectively we propound our own proposals. Oh, how shallow and vain we are. Shame on us, oh generation of arrogant fools.
Most of us in america are far far too unwilling to even consider the possibility that our personal opinions are subject to improvement, not absolute, not irrefutable. We are far too unwilling to give serious consideration to those with whom we currently disagree, far too unwilling to change.
Perish the thought that obama and romney should ever agree with each other - on anything. To do so would be to concede not only that one's own views are not exclusively irrefutable, but that those of others are worthy of being assigned even a modicum of merit.
Perhaps we the people should consider forcing mitt and barrack to spend, say, thirty minutes together on television, listing those things they agree on. Then, give each of them one hundred mil for advertising, or mayber a mere ten mil, and give each limited TV and personal appearance time.
How much time do americans want their president spending running around the country giving campaign speeches - after all, isn't there work to be done back in washington?
Just as there is a national "rat day"in south korea, during which everyone spends the entire day killing rats, competing for most bagged, maybe in america we need a national "conflict Abatement and Agreement Day" (C.A.D.)..a day during which to incinerate our contrived differences of opinion, and to recall all that we agree on, including such seemingly forgotton facts as how lovely it is to be an american, and how grateful we all are for the lives we have.
Bb
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