I love our President

Because he's so smart as he illustrated amply in tonight's speech on healthcare. I am disappointed in many things, chief among them his failure to sit the bratty boys in media and politics and tell em to knock it off. But no one can question his thoughtfulness, intelligence and level manner. But president or no, the bratty boys (and girls, don't forget Ann Coulter et al) can be pretty daunting especially for a reasoned soul. The lack of civility in our public debate has gone past appalling to the point where it makes governing almost impossible. And although I fault the media, right and left, I think our liberal politicians and our conservative ones have all failed at effective governance. They're so busy badgering each other or covering their respective a**es that a fraction of what could be getting done actually IS getting done. We expect the media to entertain us, it's what they do, but I (silly me) expected our elected representatives to do the work of running the country instead of covering the aforementioned a**es and keeping partisianship alive and flourishing. Democracy doesn't seem to be working so well these days.

And that's the end of my political rant du jour.