Just wondering?

[frogcycle]

Is there anyone in public life on either side of the aisle who ever does something out of an actual sense of decency?

I have yet to hear of such a thing. Even Live Earth was slammed by the usual suspects as a ploy to make Gore even richer, etc.

Hagel says the right thing - "he's a blowhard"
Biden says something good - "he's a plaigerizing blowhard with bad hair"
And don't get me started on Clinton and Obama! Th vitriol is appalling.

It seems that as soon as someone does anything imperfect, from that moment forward everything they do is really BS. It's like we have a Greek chorus ready to chime in with the standard lines. Pick a candidate, chant the "oh he/she is perfect" chorus for him/her, and the "sucks big time" one for all the others.

Can we not get it that our very form of government demands reasonable discourse, the distillation of ideas in the collective minds of the populace through constructive consideration? We don't select one and only one perfect leader - that was the "rule by divine right" concept we rejected!

I suppose when Edison failed to create a successful lightbulb on his second or third try that made him a blowhard.

We desperately need those actually on the stage, those actually in the play*, to turn to the chorus and say "oh, just shut up; we're working on it"

*meaning We the People

[zeemike]

1. They all get caught up in playing the game

And right now the media sets the rules and tells us who is ahead and who the winner will be.

[frogcycle]

2. that's not acceptable

every citizen needs to become self-aware, realize that they ARE just a Greek chorus, engage their brains, think, and demand actual facts.

It is not just right wingers who "drink the kool aid." Treating choosing leaders of the country like a damned sports match where you pick a team and then support them rabidly, painting your face and insisting they are perfect and the rest all suck is mindless.

The media dispense sound bites instead of news, but the public accepts it - goes with it, loves it.

[Wiley50]

3. Greek Chorus vs French Chorus?

So I guess

if a French chorus sings from their throat

A Greek Chorus sings from their ass

Now I get it

Limbaugh is the baritone of the greek chorus
as he's always talking out of his ass

[frogcycle]

4. French Chorus?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_chorus