17.0: Mr. Colmes considers Thanksgiving…

The following is submitted as a rebuttal to an article written by Mr. Alan Colmes, available at:

 http://www.aolnews.com/opinion/article/opinion-being-thankful-for-being-an-american/19729744

Lest Mr. Colmes incorrectly assume he is alone in his feelings of thankfulness, I wish to add my name to the list of the grateful.

I am thankful that a man may accede to the most powerful political office in the world despite the deplorable name-calling Mr. Colmes describes. I am likewise thankful that this same man can be awarded the Noble Peace Prize on the basis of what he “might” do; one wonders if the Noble Committee accepts returns.

I am thankful that a prospective U.S. senator was upbraided for daring to espouse a political philosophy outside the mainstream; that sort of individuality and commitment to one’s ideals has no place in our nation.

I am thankful that public fears of “death panels” and the like were never adequately countered with factual information. We the people have no business knowing the details of legislation our representatives most likely did not read for themselves. After all, we recognize that our government obviously knows better how to dispense with our livelihood than we do.

I am thankful that the media sees no difficulty in damning a former governor for her lack of political experience while constructing a hagiography of a man who was a “community organizer” and first-term senator. When one considers the bullet we dodged by not voting her into the highly esteemed office of the vice-presidency, a prayer of thanksgiving is particularly apt. Instead, we have elected a man of highly believable political credentials to the relatively benign office of the presidency.

I am thankful that our country’s problems are so minor that the controversy surrounding a television show has captured the nation’s interest. It is invigorating to see that our priorities are clearly in order.

Finally, I am thankful that an intelligent man can turn one of the noblest traditions of our nation, the giving of thanks, into an opportunity to foist a political screed on an unwitting public. Were it not for men of his ilk, the public might come to an awful conclusion: one side of the political coin is populated by thieving liars while the other is home to lying thieves. If they came to said conclusion, they might choose to take the coin out of circulation.

There are many things in this nation for which to be thankful; precious few of them are related to politics.