Maria Shriver -- wife of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a member of the powerful Kennedy political clan -- on Sunday endorsed Barack Obama for US president, just days after her former-actor husband backed Republican John McCain.
It's called playing both ends against the middle, but more than that, it's a continuation of the deception that there are two ends:
"The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can 'throw the rascals out' at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy."
The utter inability of some to admit the con job spelled out by Carrol Quigley in "Tragedy and Hope" speaks more to abdication of any line in the sand than anything else. We have a chance at peaceful revolution, a true easy way out, and it is, for the most part, disparaged and scorned.
The "two party system" is a sham. The Shriver-Schwarzenegger hedge for connection to political power demonstrates that it doesn't matter between the two. Quite timely and symptomatic of the times I refer you to the Frist-Carville Coke ad.
ReplyDeleteI am afraid that this government has stepped beyond it's bounds.
"Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” ~ John Locke"
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I think the Kennedys and the other "elitists" think that politics is "sporting," and "good fun." Not to be taken seriously, except where power is involved.
ReplyDeleteArnold's on record of saying as much, and of being enamored by control of people by gubamunt.
David, you're right on the money.
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