Our president is our Daddy (great commentary)

[Bhaisahab]

Mods, I posted it here coz I want more Americans to read and understand this excellent piece. But you can move it to Ed&Op if you disagree.

Excerpts:
Then, he (Andy Card) attempted to explain how the president feels about the 200 million-odd souls who are, after all, his employers:

“It struck me as I was speaking to people in Bangor, Maine, that this president sees America as we think about a 10-year-old child. I know as a parent I would sacrifice all for my children.”

Let us leave aside any discussion prompted by Card’s remarks that might uncomfortably contain the word “Fatherland.” Let us take him at his word -- namely, that the president of the United States looks at the world’s longest-standing free democratic republic and sees . . .

A middle-schooler.

SNIP

I wish it hadn’t been Andy Card who gave us this peek behind the curtain, because I know him to be a sensible, decent person who wouldn’t have mouthed this lunacy unless he really meant it. If it had come from one of the wolverines in Karl Rove’s shop, it wouldn’t have been half as frightening. Nevertheless, what Card said perfectly encapsulates this administration’s approach to governance -- its fundamental contempt for democratic restraints and its hubristic insolence toward any limits on its political appetites. Our president is our Daddy. He will make his wars to keep us safe, and all we have to do is love him back, and do what he tells us to do. Go shopping. Go on happy vacations. Leave the decisions to Daddy and to Daddy’s friends. They run things so we don’t have to.

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=8480

[luaneryder]

1. I remember reading that

and thinking what exactly is it that * has sacrificed for the American people? Zero. What have the people sacrificed for *; their lives, their jobs, their rights, list is endless. So, Anyd it's more like the * is a 10 year old child that the parent, the people, must sacifice for so that he is kept happy and playing with just the right toys.

[Bhaisahab]

2. Good point! n/t

[kayell]

3. An abusive, drunken daddy I don't need, thank you very much

In fact, as a mature adult, (something * doesn't qualify as) I don't especially need a daddy, and if I did, I have my own father as a model.