A Needed Respite

The Roar

A Needed Respite

I must ask, what has and is happening to us as a free people?  I ask this, with regards to this current political assault season against the Presidential challenging party.  What has happened to our American decorum?

Questions flit through my “windmills” and often I am at a loss to answer.  Just where did this debating season originate?  I seem to remember debates of a chosen candidate from one party against the opposition’s chosen candidate.  But when did this endless prime time primary debating sessions begin?  I am at a loss.  Is it just a profitable moment for the networks?  Is the  damage inflicted upon one’s character and reputation the going price?  Or are Presidential contests nothing more than a Sunday/Monday night political contest of survival?  Is the quest for TV ratings now into our leadership selections?

As I watch what is happening to those who for some reason put their personal lives on hold in order to serve our Country, I recall when such devotion precluded all of this intricate inspection.  Not only precluded but such individuals were treated with respect.

Questions remain from the recent accusations which have already reshaped our primary leadership ledger.  Were those accusers in it just to take Cain out of contention?  More importantly, where is the journalist’s integrity to finish a story which is only half written?   It seems that after Cain dropped out, so did the media’s quest for truth and closure.  But, what about those poor victims?

This obvious ruse against Cain is a sad asterisk to our free elections.  Whether one supported his candidacy or not, this sort of character assassination is third world.  If this behavior is not addressed properly, it will become a political weapon and will eventually discourage the qualified to run.

To say that corruption has entered our election process would be an understatement.  The signs are everywhere.  So is the public’s quiet apathy.  In response to this apparent primary sham, we need to become jealously protective of our American system, regardless of our party affiliations.  We also need to understand what has led us to this election subterfuge.  We must to take an active part in all that makes America strong and we can start by acting like that rare breed that we are.  Americans!  Free and forever freedom loving.

Jim Bowman, Author of,
This Roar of Ours