The movie “The Blind Side” very quickly became one of my all-time modern movie favorites. It was the portrayal of Michael Oher and the Tuohy family – featuring his special relationship with Mrs. Leigh Anne Tuohy, the woman who would become his adopted mother. It was the feel-good movie of the year and one that everyone could embrace. It is here I pause to remind you that in a perverse way Obama was the same thing – a feel-good creation people wanted to embrace.
I know that right about now you’re wondering how on earth I can compare Obama to such a delightful movie. Well, I’m not, I’m comparing you – let me explain.
I decided to read up and find out if the movie took liberties with Michael Oher’s life with the Tuohys. It did. The movie was just that, a movie – a creation designed to make us feel warm and fuzzy, have us create cinematic perception based on pieces of the truth. Obama, of course, was an outright lie, but I get ahead of myself.
Had I not taken the time and initiative to find out the real story of the Tuohys and Michael Oher, I would have bought the big-screen version. That version was designed to sell tickets, make people feel good and (as it ultimately did) win awards. When it comes to making movies based on actual happenings, Hollywood’s typical approach is to embellish and create based on the scriptwriters’ and directors’ perception of what factually took place.
That’s the way it is in politics when it comes to candidates. Their scriptwriters and directors, i.e., handlers, create a version of reality that may or may not have a modicum of truth to it. Ever hear of candidates reinventing themselves?
I’ve lived long enough to know there’s a “wizard” behind most curtains and, unless or until that curtain is pulled back, we don’t know all of the truth or to what extent the stated “truth” really exists.
It’s my job to make you aware, but it’s your job to make sure that those of my professional persuasion, including me, are not feeding you stories based on our gaining access to the candidate or what we’re getting paid behind the scenes, which you will never know about.
Today is Election Day, and when you step into that booth you’re on your own. You’ve either done your homework or you’ve bought the created version of a candidate.
It’s time we stopped buying the created versions of candidates. We need to hold them accountable. It’s time we replace career politicians with those who aren’t afraid to cut programs so they can cut spending. We need candidates who will repeal Obamacare, not replace it with a compromise version.
“The Blind Side” was an outstanding movie, but in reality only a very small portion of it is factually accurate. We can live with movies like that – I say it’s time to stop electing candidates who are partially honest and truthful.
In 2008, many tried to warn voters that Obama was not remotely close to what he was portrayed. We tried to warn voters that he would be a disaster and that the damage his administration would wreak would be calamitous to the fabric of our nation. People didn’t listen – they bought the lie – they bought the creation. They bought the feel-good fictional account because to buy the truth would have first meant confronting the truth.
People who voted for Obama are like those who have an opportunity to get a real job or make something productive of themselves, but instead choose to languish in a nowhere job and make excuses for never climbing out of the basement of life. People could have made different choices separate from Obama or McCain before it came down to them being the only choices, but they chose not to. Now, the nation will be paying for his agenda for generations to come.
Election Day isn’t the candidate’s day – it is our day to have our say, and either we treat it as such or we buy into a theatrical production, and stay mired in the same dead-end position we’re in.
