Sunday, March 11, 2012

America the, uh, What?

Republicans advocate for American exceptionalism. America has to be the best. That's what god wants, right? They say we are the greatest country in the history of the world. Ever. Ever. Ever. But we've fallen behind because of President Obama.

But then Republican candidates are calling a college education as something unnecessary. President Obama was called a snob by Rick Santorum for wanting every kid that wants to go to college to have the opportunity.

Mitt Romney told a student at a recent event that maybe he should look at a cheaper college and not to expect the government to do anything about the debt college would incur. Such a positive message. Don't reach for the stars, settle for "this," and you have to pay the bill yourself.

Education lifts people up. We are told by candidates that America is falling behind other countries in math and science. So that means we should... cut budgets?
How can America be exceptional if we are fucking stupid?

1 comment:

shelly blaisdell said...

that is the million dollar question isn't it? the people who are called to this position are not the people we want holding this office. Any one smart enough to really do the job is also smart enough to know that you'd be surrounded by idiots all day.

btw: this can't be what you were concerned about as being inflammatory . . this is very mild.