Dog on Politics

After the last couple of days of exhaustive, investigative journalism, Dog was ready to take a good, long nap.

But Dog cannot rest when the future of the free world hangs in the balance!

Unfortunately Dog insisted that we Tivo the Debates in New Hampshire.

Snooze! More of the same old rhetoric! The whole thing makes Dog wonder if anyone has anything new/genuine to say that hasn’t been vetted by the pollsters/campaign spinners.

Dog only wishes that Brad Pitt would have thrown his hat in the ring to make things a little more visually interesting. (OK, Dog insists that this is me talking again. Sorry!) Fortunately for us, the Tivo stopped recording the debates when the new episode of Desperate Housewives came on.

We missed the Republican debate, which we are only very minorly, marginally sad about.

Cut to Live TV…

Oh, Wait! CNN is running a tape of Hillary in which she seems to break down. According to Wolf Blitzer, “Her Eyes Welled Up and Her Voice Broke.”

“I have so many opportunities from this country,” she says. “I just don’t want to see us fall backwards. This is very personal for me. It’s not just political. It's not just public. I see what’s happening. We have to reverse it. “ (voice wavering)

And, in a soft voice, “Some people think elections are a game. It’s like who’s up or who’s down. It’s about our country. It’s about our kids’ futures. It’s about all of us together.”

If this is real, Dog has a new opinion of Hillary. Either she has had some really good acting coaching, or Hillary has hit a breaking point in which she realizes what is really important. For the first time, Dog resonates with Hillary's message.

Dog’s dream is that all the candidates who are listening to their spinning consultants and who are attacking each other will decide that their Ego and their own victory is not the most important thing.

Dog asks, What if all the candidates had, as their top concern, the absolute best for our country and the World?

No Ego, No Competition, No Ideas of Winning or Losing. What could be more Un-American?

Or, maybe, what could be more uniquely American?

What if there were a major shift in perception in this election? What if America asked for a miracle?