The way ahead and the faulty electorate

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Don’t expect miracles from the American electorate, “We the People,” because we are not too sharp ourselves. We’re average and always have been. That is the American way.

Our average improves with advancing education and performance. When our youth don’t advance, our average falters and we weaken.

So, it is election time and we aren’t happy with the way government is working. The only answer we know is to change the horses. Yet, in the story below, Missourians don’t want fresh horses; they want the old work horse out in the barn. I can’t say that is the right answer; it is the one in the middle.

Missourians can’t complain about corruption and conflict of interest if the elect Roy Blunt.

If the nation votes for a Republican House of Representatives, they will be voting for John Boehner, Ohio Congressman, who would become their speaker. Is that what America wants? John Boehner, the sun-tanned smoker from a downward spiraling backward community in Ohio where some post the Confederate Flag and attend clan meetings. That will become the symbol of leadership.

If that happens, the American voters will have flunked again.