Primary Skullduggery

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Primary Skullduggery

I’m sorry but I thought we were in the process of choosing a candidate for the office of President of the United States.  So far, this primary season has consisted of a political version of the old time boys game called “king of the hill.”  Embedded within this kill the leader mentality is an unmistakeable American Idol aura which leaves no area, whether it be professional or personal, unscathed.

What is often termed “the vetting process” has turned into a systematic attack against any challenger who may represent a genuine threat to Romney.  Over these past few months, this take on what is unfolding is so unmistakably clear that it tends to cheapen the entire process.

In retrospect, the 2008 media treatment afforded to then candidate Obama now stands as a glaring contradiction verses the intense scrutiny which Presidential hopeful Herman Cain recently endured.   And this protective layer attributed to Obama’s past continues today as after very nearly three years in office, Americans knows very little about his years leading up to his presidential bid.  This special care now seem not only in practice concerning Romney, but it’s beginning to send a general unease throughout the voting public since we have already felt the remorse from electing a candidate that was teasingly presented by the media.

This political impropriety suggests that the future of free elections will become an after the fact charade since the selection process may well precede the primaries.  A silver lining to all this subterfuge is this bipartisan appeal since Romney is now heir apparent for such good tidings of care and precautions.

As voter pessimism stirs, it also appears that our news outlets have another tactic in play.  While protective of their candidate, at the same time they ignore any and all who may present a qualified challenge.  This has been most apparent with regards to Rick Santorum.   We owe it to ourselves to ask why.  In fact, it might become prudent for all to consider what the media will not.  Just as there is a reasoning for their Romney selection, so is there a reason why Santorum is being ignored.

Due in part to the President’s own agenda, 2012 will be a determining year for America’s future. Already, our Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing of Obama’s Health Care law and Immigration policies.  Since this fork in the road has been shoved in our faces, we the voter must rid ourselves of any and all entangling influences.  The predominance of media input is not just entangling, it has become suffocating.  More importantly, it’s emphasis has morphed from presenting the news to a presentation of thought.

In honest reflection, the voter still is in the dark as to whether those unsubstantiated charges, which led to Mr Cain’s withdrawal, were in fact, truthful.  The most telling of this outcome is the manner in which it is now considered “old news.”  It appears that the media had its way once again.

What was presented through the personal assault upon Mr. Cain was a picture perfect example from the power of the press, which unfortunately doesn’t equate with a “freedom of the press.”

Jim Bowman, Author of,
This Roar of Ours