No Sign of Leadership

As of Wednesday, September 19, 2012

With the Republican convention finished, I continue to be in awe of the “Audacity of Hope” coming from the speakers who addressed the GOP audience — hope in the fact that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will be hired to do a job without ever revealing what their intended agenda will be, other than to say, “My way will be better.”

It’s akin to interviewing for a job, being asked, “What will you do for us if we hire you?” and responding, “Well, in my former job, I was really good at what I did. I can’t tell you right now what I’ll do for you, but if you hire me, I’m sure you’ll be happy. Just trust me.” How many of the “job creators” would hire such a person with that résumé?

There is a skit from “Seinfeld” where George answers a question about telling the truth by saying, “It’s not a lie if you believe what you say.” If a lie is repeated enough times, then surely it must be true, regardless of the facts.

Pandering and flip-flops are not a signs of strong leadership. Someone else is steering the ship. According to recent reports on Fox News, the ship is somewhat floundering.

David Gray

Pinehurst

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The_AnonymusProfit 8 months, 1 week ago

To pull from another,

You could have saved me the 2 minutes of reading and just said vote Obama.

skylinefirepest 8 months, 1 week ago

Mr. Gray...please sir, if you want to talk about flip-flops then look at what your Obama said he was going to do....and then look at what he has actually done. Only a blithering anti-American idiot would vote for another four years of the same crap.

JimRussell44 8 months, 1 week ago

Skylinefirepest, suggest you take a class on how to live among "blithering anti-American idiots".

Courseaire 8 months, 1 week ago

I would suggest enrolling in Ringling Brothers Clown College: http://www.ringling.com/ContentPage.aspx?id=45925&section=45688

oceangypsy 8 months, 1 week ago

I think Romney's strategy of not revealing his hand completely in the opinion of some, is very smart. There is however a whole lot of information about his plan on his campaign website. Plenty enough for me to pick him. Given the state of many aspects of the country too, you almost can't blame folks for making the choice of "Anyone but the President". I seem to remember plenty voted "anyone but Republican" at the time of the 2008 crash. Human nature.

JD 8 months, 1 week ago

Only a blithering anti-American idiot would vote for another four years of the same crap.

Please tell me more of how you vote as a blithering anti-American idiot. Such thought provoking material. How do you fold your tin foil hat for instance?

teufelhunden 8 months, 1 week ago

Vague like "hope and change" and "forward" and "fundamentally change America"??? Like that???

skylinefirepest 8 months, 1 week ago

JD and friends....I'm totally for this country. Therefore I will vote for "anybody but the great "O". Understood??

The_AnonymusProfit 8 months, 1 week ago

Blithering anti-American idiot .. hmm, is that like the reverse of boulevard of broken dreams ( drum crash)

No seriously though folks, how many people does it take to spend 6 trillion dollars in 4 years?

Just 1 o wait...um...thats not so funny.

Behan 8 months, 1 week ago

Mr. Gray, at this point it is like standing in front of your burning house and--when the fire truck pulls into your driveway--asking the firemen why they think they are best qualified to put out the fire. That you don't see that is exactly what is wrong with our public education system.