YES WE CAN: In Defense of George Bush and Sarah Palin.

Saturday, November 08, 2008
6:46 AM

There is an American Tradition in America. I see this process in several places in our culture and several periods of history. This process behaves like a control of some sort.
Strong components of this process are denial, fear, a bigotry like ignorance, and mis-perception - not necessarily in that order . Frequently it involves a change in level.

The substantive facts are generally agreed upon early and revelations come to light in the latter stages of the process. Issues of performance are present .

What is unclear are the expectations or the definitions of "performance"
What is also unclear is the question of "Control". Is it the person in the process. Are "others" in control.

In non-political interpretations, the "others" are the "cool", the social click, the insiders.
Part of the process is that while the "others" are recognized and accepted, there is a denial factor about the perception of what the "others" due.

There is a denial about the desire to be like the "others". This manifests itself with the presence of the "wanna-be" and the imposter in the "others".

The person in the process cannot assess their contribution until after. Sometimes the person going through the process in knowing participant. Sometimes the person simply defines and perceives the process differently.

In political terms - current political terms - There are 2 elements of the Red side of the aisle. Party affiliation does not specifically matter in the general perspective. The process happens on the political left as well.

The "neo-cons" and radical media elements are major contributors to the "process" that George Bush junior and Sarah Palin - the people, the individuals - are currently dealing with.

Fairness or reality do not play a part to this groups. Control and money are their only concerns. Capitalism to them is something that can never be taken too far. Control to them is something that can never be taken too far.

There are too many factors or too many different profiles of factors in these individuals to explore here and now.

Hyperbole is a key and consistent element in their rhetoric. Conversational control is implemented with volume, speed and directional changes. Issues are left tangling. Full exploration of a subject to the satisfaction of all is not done by this group as it means giving up a certain amount of control.

"We the people" include these elements. "We the people" need to recognize we may have contributed to actually participating in the process. "We the people" may have allowed the process.

I am personally very gratified that President-elect Obama has been elected by such a large margin. He is a good man who to me has demonstrated a logic followed by reason in dealing with priorities. Politically these are traits that George Bush and Sarah Palin do not share with President-elect Obama.

George Bush and Sarah Palin do share with me personally - we are equals and part of "We the People". The "others" are not. The "process" is not part of the Control of "We the People".

The "others" and the "process" need to be broken down into their constituent parts. These entities need to evolve or disappear. In time they will.

The "others" and the "process" are contributors to the difficulties America sees today. Whether it is the economic issues or the issues in international affairs the others and the process are players.

Now is a good time for the constituent parts of the "others" and the "process" to rise above the sum of their parts because it strengthens "We the people".