If Coakley Loses Tomorrow
If Coakley loses tomorrow, it’s not going to be because of anything the Democrats did or didn’t do, or anything the Republicans did or didn’t do either. It’s going to be because of us. The blame will lie on us, and only us, the ones who voted.
Why? Because as a society we are incapable of making any hard decisions. We want our cheap imports, but we want our jobs, too. We want all the medical care we can possibly consume, but we don’t want to pay for it. We want to be safe and strong and secure against our enemies, but we don’t want to make the sacrifices necessary to achieve that condition. Nor have we demonstrated the courage required to achieve it, either.
We are a nation of toddlers, intellectual recidivists unable to make the difficult decisions required of political adulthood, unworthy of the legacy handed us by our founders.
As Joseph de Maistre (and Kurt Vonnegut) said, “Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite (Every country has the government it deserves).”
