Have You Given Any Thought To Your Future?

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I was listening to Sean Hannity on the way to the ballgame last night hoping for some grist for the mill. The show was not a disappointment, and neither was today's coverage of Romney's tour of England.

Hannity had a guest on that was obviously pro-Obama, and was just lambasting her.  From what I gathered, this lady was a frequent caller and even the mother of Hannity's nephews.  I'm not sure of the details, but what I am sure of was Hannity's faith in the Romney Presidency.  I tuned in as the question "Well what is Mitt Romney going to do about the economy?" Hannity listed off 5 or 6 proposals that dealt with the economy.  Between Hannity's incessant stuttering (have you noticed that all these radio people have a stutter? Real professional right? I think it is forced to draw out what they are going to say and fill time), I gathered that Romney was fixing the economy in the first year of his term.  Great, except for one thing.  It is not that simple.  Anyone who is in their right mind has..has..has to..to..to understand that...that..the President cannot get done everything he says he is going to.  I have said this time and time again that there is a tight line walked by any President of any party.  Obama promised the moon, the stars, and a bag of potato chips. To quote Pink Floyd "I'm still waiting!"

All of this lead me to wonder if Hannity, and all of the conservatives have given anything thought to their future in regards to defending President Romney?  I think if they had, they might seriously reconsider him all together.  Insidently, I would have written the same thing about John Kerry if I can been writting a political blog when he was running.  Should Romney be elected, what all we he get himself into?  He's already pissed off one of our major allies with his comments about the London Olympics.  What else might he say?  What else might he do?  I shudder to think about the increase in volume from Hannity and the gang, when President Romney is not able to push through those 6 things he listed that would be done in the first year. What will they have to defend him with?

The major problem, and President Obama has experienced this, on running against someone's record is winning.  It is like the dog who finally catches his tail.  Once you are in office, it's your record that is on the blocks.  Your actions are going to be seconded guessed.  This idea of running as a direct alternative to a candidate is bad for the election process and it is bad for the country.  We need to get back to having elections be about the ideas.  It needs to be the Republican set of ideals against the Democratic set of ideals (Naive is my middle name btw). Should we ever stop seeing things so black and white, we might actually get a President who gets things done.  Why would that President be any better?  Because they won't have a Mitt Romney standing in the corner saying "I would do that better." That President would be able to act with the understanding that the American public (or at least the majority) agrees with his ideal, not just what he said on the campaign trail.

There is a certain amount of show biz (for lack of a better term) that goes with elections. I understand that.  It is, to some degree, about two people duking it out over their ideas of how they themselves think the country should go.  Problems arise,though, when there are jesters in the background who only wave the flag of the king because he is on the throne.  Hannity will defend President Romney, and he will do so by blaming any Democrat who stands in Romney's way, just as he (Hannity) has blamed President Obama for not doing anything because the Republicans stand in the President's way.  Hannity sees the Republicans blocking President Obama's way as noble figures and carriers of the American way.  So goes any party out of power. Their guerrilla tactics are not so bad when they deploy them on a larger force, but when such tactics are used on them it's bloody murder. So I leave you with my only question to Mr. Haninty: Have you given any thought to your future?