Overheard:
Political experience is the number attribute of a candidate for President.
Mr. Wright
responds: The number one attribute of the winner of the upcoming
Presidential election must be a candidate that will disrupt the established
system and truly represent the interests of overlooked Americans of the working
and middle class.
Be ready, be
right and respond! – Mr. Wright’s Talking Points:
The bonds that
have held Americans united are increasingly being frayed. Today our ruling
elites both in and outside of government are separated from the rest of us by
educational level, income, profession, marriage, where and how they spend their
time and money and most importantly where they live. Who is this ruling elite?
They are members of selected professions, leading academics, business leaders,
media figures, celebrities from many walks of life and a variety of
politicians. What they do have in common are the connections, access to power
and money to sustain success and remain above the daily concerns of the
majority of their fellow Americans. They are dedicated through an increasingly
closed system to maintaining their exclusive status above all else.
The economy is
stuck at a 2.0% growth rate which is insufficient for many Americans to create
new wealth and opportunities such as those enjoyed in the past to join the
ranks of the more privileged. The American Dream of security, independence and
prosperity is increasingly unattainable by the majority of Americans. Our
political establishment continues to remain unresponsive to the concerns of our
citizens. The number one attribute of the winner of the upcoming Presidential
election must be a candidate that will disrupt the established system and truly
represent the interests of overlooked Americans of the working and middle
class.
Poke your fingers gently into Jell-O and see what happens.
The answer is nothing much – it consistently returns to its original form
pretty much impervious to change unless a sheer destructive force is applied. There
is great discontent across the land with our current state of political and
economic affairs that is gaining a strong momentum. If this wide spread
discontent with the political and economic direction of our country continues in
2016 to be overlooked by the establishment – we will all be witness to the
downfall of our great American experiment in freedom.
Previous major scale reincarnations of these sentiments for
change were exhibited by the large number of citizens starting in 2009 that participated
in the Tea Party Movement and once again by those voting in a majority of Republican
and conservative candidates in the 2014 midterm elections.
The major catalysis for these movements
for change was that more and more Americans were alarmed each day as the Obama
Administration implemented policies based on a liberal progressive agenda that continues
to fail us miserably in the place where it counts the most – the need for an
improved economy that benefits all Americans.
What happened in political circles and to the political
establishment as a result of these two major movements? Nothing much. The
answer is that our Jell-O like Government is pretty much impervious to a change
in direction unless an overpowering force is applied.
Strike one regarding a major change in political direction was
the failure of the Tea Party movement that started in 2009 to more profoundly transform
the Republican Party. The Republican Party establishment fought vigorously to
rein in the progress of this movement.
Strike two was the stunning degree of inaction by Congress in
opposing President Obama’s destructive progressive agenda following the
elections of 2014. Key opportunity number three for the implementation of major
change in our political direction is upcoming awaiting the results of the 2016
elections. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders are outsiders each running
for President and they are striking a responsive chord with potential voters. Not
selecting an outsider this time around is strike three and our nation’s future
is at stake.
The great American experiment is based on the following
great idea that “all men are created equal”. The American Revolution was truly
an inflection point in man’s history. The American Revolution enabled a large
number of men and women to live in prosperity and liberty more than any other
country has ever done.
The Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention
formulated a system of government based on the principals of checks and
balances. They were very wary of the potential for a growth of the concentration
and permanence of power in the hands of an elite. They fully understood the
destructive nature of a tyranny and how it could develop or be avoided.
Established was a Republican form of government that was based on the idea that
elected representatives would have a primary duty to represent the political
interests of their constituents. They also included many provisions to ensure
that with the exception of the Judicial Branch, there would be a continual
turnover of representatives so as not to permit the emergence of a permanent
political class.
The bonds that have held Americans united are increasingly
being frayed. Today our ruling elites both in and outside of government are
separated from the rest of us by educational level, income, profession,
marriage, where and how they spend their time and money and most importantly
where they live. Who is this ruling elite? They are members of selected
professions, leading academics, business leaders, media figures, celebrities
from many walks of life and a variety of politicians. What they do have in
common are the connections, access to power and money to sustain success and
remain above the daily concerns of the majority of their fellow Americans. They
are dedicated through an increasingly closed system to maintaining their exclusive
status above all else.
The death of the American Dream for many our fellow citizens
The economy is stuck at a 2.0% growth rate which is
insufficient for many Americans to create new wealth and opportunities such as
those enjoyed in the past by many to join the ranks of the more privileged. The
American Dream of security, independence and prosperity is increasingly
unattainable by the majority of Americans. The major factor in play today in
the current environment of discontent, is the perception by many Americans that
several distinct groups have through special privilege granted themselves
special and exclusive access to the American Dream. Our political establishment
continues to remain unresponsive to the concerns of our citizens. The American
voter will once more be at bat on November 8 and have the power in numbers to disrupt
the dynamics of the current system, we must hope for a hard swing and a hit to
right field!
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