Who and what are We The People of America anymore? As our political system of constant candidacy drones on and on, I am beginning to think that our system of government is dangerously close to “the tail wagging the dog.”
By this I mean that our important and vital election process has become beholden to big money politics in which a few multi-millionaires are controlling our entire political system. Campaign financing is totally out of control. We The People have little influence in establishing an efficient and proper government.
So, what do we do about it? Is it fixable? Do we care? It seems to me that these are very essential questions that We The People need to keep front and center in the coming months as we endlessly endure the highly financed runs for president of these United States.
One of my good friends is fond of saying,“What America needs is a benevolent dictator!” I have always liked that, with great emphasis on the word: b-e-n-e-v-o-l-e-n-t.
Just looking at that word and what it means prompts me to wonder how our nation moved, in just about 100 years, from being a nation welcoming the newcomers and immigrants who literally built our great nation, to a nation now filled with so much distrust, fear and anger that we have become incapable of charting our own course and controlling our own destiny.
Maybe we are already seeing some of these questions being front and center for the American public. This may be why Sen. Bernie Sanders is gathering record crowds in Iowa recently. He speaks straight talk to people hungry for some straight talk and practical answers for America. They see him speaking for all America and for a return to America the beautiful, not only the scenery but our way of life.
Bob McClellan
Polson