BLOCKHEAD OR FOOL

WHO SAID, "I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT... THOSE WHO SET THEMSELVES UP AS THE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE, AND AS MODELS TO ALL NATIONS IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION, ARE FOR THE MOST PART SUPREMELY IGNORANT BLOCKHEADS OR ARROGANT COXCOMBS."

PERHAPS THE WORD COXCOMB, DEFINED AS A PRETENTIOUS AND CONCEITED FOP OR FOOL, HINTS AT THE TIME LINE OF THIS QUOTE.

HAVING TOURED MUCH OF THE KNOWN WORLD, COMMODORE DAVID PORTER MADE HIS OBSERVATION IN 1835, BUT IT RINGS LOUD AND TRUE IN 2007 AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

EACH CANDIDATE ASPIRES TO APPEAR CHARISMATIC HOPING TO CHARM AMERICANS INTO A POSITIVE VOTES. IRREGARDLESS OF IGNORANT STATEMENTS AND ARROGANT ASSERTIONS, REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT HOPEFULS INVITE OUR APPROVAL.

AS THE TARGET AUDIENCE, WE CITIZENS ARE OBLIGED TO BE BOTH INTELLIGENT LISTENERS AND DECISION MAKERS. TO BE PREPARED.

UNFORTUNATELY MONEY TALKS. IN FACT, IT SHOUTS THROUGH ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SELECTED CANDIDATES. THE SUPER RICH IN HOLLYWOOD, LOBBYISTS WITH SPECIAL INTERESTS, BIG PHARMACEUTICALS, BANKS AND BUSINESSES, UNIONS AND INFLUENTIAL POLITICIANS - ALL ATTEMPT TO BUY YOUR ATTENTION. BE AWARE THAT A CANDIDATE NEEDS ONLY TO SEW UP THE PROPER NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES TO WIN THE 2008 ELECTION.

HINT: MONEY TALKS, BUT AMERICANS AS INDIVIDUALS CAST VOTES IN THE BOOTHS AT ELECTION TIME. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE BLOCKHEADS OR FOOLS.