The Why of Obama?
One of my few heroes, Karol Wojtyla, was a pretty important philosopher and theologian of the late 20th century. One of his goals as a teacher and philosopher, and the goal he encouraged his students and followers to achieve, was to arrive confidently and contentedly at a state of mind best described as that "simplicity on the far side of complexity." He meant that the journey to faith, belief, piety and peace ought to be an intense searching, a rigorous philosophical navigation of the deepest questions of faith, religion and humanity, but that the end result of all this mental exertion need not be a complicated thing, some elaborate, intricate worldview. The answer could be, and usually is, quite basic. A deep searching journey is critical, but its size and scope is not to be assumed as a requirement for the result.
I believe that historians will struggle mightily for years to come to explain Obama, or more specifically why Americans elected Obama when he stands so opposed to what most Americans believe in, not just policy wise but worldview-wise. From day one it seems that Obama has been seeking to be the enemy of average Americans by stamping down economic activity with frighteningly damaging policy and rampant rhetoric of such policy in every aspect of economic life. From day one he seems to have approached Americans' security somewhere between obliviously and cavalierly. Now, after suffering a severe run of political damage because the direction that he taking this country, Obama is unbowed, steaming ahead with more of the same policy drives and rhetoric. This is a man not listening and not caring what we think. How did it come to pass that we put such a man in the White House? Shelby Steele has taken a crack. Now, via the Powerline guys, here is another interesting searching journey into this perplexing question. Yours truly has even ventured into the genesis of this twilight zonish political reality. These are important qestions to consider and ponder, important journeys to take, but afterwards I think we will arrive at that simplicity that lies at the far end of complexity - too many of our fellow citizens simultaneously suffered a debilitating brain fart.
I believe that historians will struggle mightily for years to come to explain Obama, or more specifically why Americans elected Obama when he stands so opposed to what most Americans believe in, not just policy wise but worldview-wise. From day one it seems that Obama has been seeking to be the enemy of average Americans by stamping down economic activity with frighteningly damaging policy and rampant rhetoric of such policy in every aspect of economic life. From day one he seems to have approached Americans' security somewhere between obliviously and cavalierly. Now, after suffering a severe run of political damage because the direction that he taking this country, Obama is unbowed, steaming ahead with more of the same policy drives and rhetoric. This is a man not listening and not caring what we think. How did it come to pass that we put such a man in the White House? Shelby Steele has taken a crack. Now, via the Powerline guys, here is another interesting searching journey into this perplexing question. Yours truly has even ventured into the genesis of this twilight zonish political reality. These are important qestions to consider and ponder, important journeys to take, but afterwards I think we will arrive at that simplicity that lies at the far end of complexity - too many of our fellow citizens simultaneously suffered a debilitating brain fart.
posted by Donny Baseball at 1:25 PM
2 Comments:
Kudos to you, my friend, for bringing up the name of one of the truly great men, not just of the 20th century, but in all of human history, Karol Wojtyla. He was, on the world stage, what Mother Teresa was in the slums and back alleys. Ronald Reagan could not have asked for a more perfect partner in his quest to destroy the pure evil of Soviet cmmunism.
Amen!
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