Thread: Do you think that George Washington's dire prediction has come to pass?

"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty"

- George Washington -

Isn't this exactly what happened? Most of the people I know voted for Obama because they were sick of the Republicans, while others voted for Bush because they hated Clinton and the Democrats. Maybe it's about time we realized that party politics fills the government with village idiots and incompetents?

sigh.

Yes.

But the worst of it is when the media abdicates it's responsibility to hold our leaders accountable for what they say, do, and promise.

I am seeing more and more people awake to this phenomenon. Thanks for turning your own lights on.