As the results for the Massachusetts Senate race began to trickle in, exactly seven precincts reported before MSNBC pundit, Keith Olbermann, insinuated that race possibly played a role in the results, never mind that both Scott Brown and Martha Coakley are Caucasian. Olbermann’s straw man argument was directed at the grass roots political organization, which played a major role in the Republican candidate’s surprise showing and represents yet another attempt to classify all opposition to the Democratic agenda as personal attacks against President Barack Obama.
While I fiercely reject the labels “conservative” and “Republican,” and dare not speak for those associated with those labels, I too oppose many of this administration’s policies, but it’s noting personal. Simply put, the progressive agenda of the Democratic does not work. I find the people behind the policies, especially President Obama, to be hip, creative and, most importantly, relevant, but in every other area of life EXCEPT making policies that directly impact my life.
I would have loved to have had President Obama as a professor in college. He seems like the type of guy who could lead some pretty powerful and interesting discussions on political theory. Unfortunately, not all of those theories are practical in the world in which we live.
To put it another way, many Dallas Cowboys fans dislike Wade Phillips as a coach. They feel his coaching philosophy is not one to lead championship teams. However, just about every Cowboys fan you meet will say the same thing about Wade Phillips, “he’s the type of guy I would love to be my neighbor.”
I feel the same way about President Obama. He’s the cool guy on the block with the picture-perfect family, the one you hope and pray invites you to his backyard cookouts, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you think his political philosophy is the best fit for this country.
What you saw in Massachusetts tonight was voters saying that they too find the current policies of this administration to be failed policies, but it’s nothing personal.