As I walked off the tennis court this evening, I was asked if I was going home to watch the Debate between Obama and Romney. Actually - NO!
I watched something far more American, an ALCS game between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees. Close game all the way into the 9th inning.
Why would someone watch baseball rather than the Presidential Debate? Because I can't stand to listen to Obama misrepresent who e his and what he claims to accomplish. Our country is at a precipice and he's is tying to push us over the cliff. So why listen?
On the other hand, the baseball game was trilling. Men actually had to perform. It was all out in the open for people to see. No claiming someone else was at fault if one of the players booted the ball or struck out. Not at all like Amb Rice trying to affix the blame on someone else. No one blaming the 2004 Yankees for the abysmal performance today (Yankees are down 0-3 in the ALCS). The players and managers took the heat and accepted responsibility for their performance or lack thereof.
In October, what is more quintessential than baseball? Surely, politics comes no where close.
So, as a red blooded American, with 30 years of active duty in the Marine Corps, I found it imminently more preferrable to watch baseball than the debate.
A beer, a hot dog, salad, and baseball. Free from the political rhetoric. By God, a far better way to spend the evening. The Tigers won, which helps bolster the spirits of Detroit, a city ruined, in part, by the policies of Obama. Car makers pulled out of debt by the American tax payer, without our approval, and not having the courtesy of paying back the guaranteed money Obama and his acolytes provided.
Even your brother-in-law, the one with low self esteem, has better ethics than the above.
So let's hear it for a Tigers - St. Louis World Series.
Americana at its best.
Semper Fidelis.
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