Some Political Intellectual Honesty

It was "Spirit Week" last week at the kid's school, in preparation for homecoming.  Monday was to be 80's Day and the students could dress "like they did way back in the 1980's". 

After reeling from the effects of having my personal sensitivities insulted - I joined in the brainstorming to help Ab and AA decide what to wear.

This coupled with the fact that I was mentally fatigued from a couple of weeks of non-stop activity - led me to spend my Saturday morning on the couch in front of the television. As you know we don't get real TV but now have Netflix on our television and I ran across a PBS Documentary on Ronald Reagan.  I thought it might serve as a refresher course on 80's fashion - it was also an excuse to relive some of what I consider to be our "glory days" as a country.

The segment that I watched ran through until the point of Reagan's first term that parallels with our present administration's first term . . .and thus evoked some political intellectual honesty.

I remember 1982 and 1983.  I was beginning to believe in our country again and had a new sense that just maybe our best days weren't  behind us; but things had actually gotten worse.  President Reagan's popularity had waned and he was poised to lose the gains he had made in the Senate during the previous election.

The documentary pointed out that about this time Reagan, who had enjoyed an enormous surge in popularity after a failed assassination attempt, quipped that maybe he should go out and get himself shot again.

I remember

 that real estate still wasn't moving, interest rates and gas prices were still high and jobs weren't that plentiful.  Reagan kept saying we had to wait, it would take time for the fixes he had put in place to take effect.  Sure enough - in time they did and we enjoyed the greatest peace time economic boom in U.S. history.

This is where the political intellectual honesty comes in:  our current president has enacted a whole bunch of legislation aimed at fixing our economy and at this juncture they appear to have only made things worse.  So -being intellectually honest - I have to admit that this administration appears to mirror Reagan's.  

That frightens me a little because I believe that most everything thing this president and the Democrat majority in congress has done has been anathema to the Constitution and to good judgement.  What if, like Reagan, Obama found a resurgence in the polls and was able to stick around another term? 

It all boils down to the things I know as truth - the policies of this administration have run counter to the inspired traditions or our founders and the Constitution they put in place.  Those policies may continue to remain in force and succeed politically - but I know that they will ultimately fail and with them our nation.

That is why I think the November 2nd election is so pivotal.  It should be first addressed with great prayer - for ultimately God will rule the day - but it should also be addressed with our participation.  Beyond that, if major changes come about after that first Tuesday in November, it must only be the beginning.

Oh by the way, 80's Day turned out just fine.