The Clintons and the Will to Power: Tolkien meets Nietsche.
As it becomes increasingly apparent that the Clintons' desire to regain the White House knows no bounds, and that they are more than willing to risk the destruction of the Democratic party as part of their quest at a restoration, one can't help but recall this line from Tolkien:
"We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!"
They justify their acts on the grounds that they know best, and that once they regain their "precious" they will save us. They have sworn fealty to the idea that gaining power is the sine qua non of all things political, and the consequences of this is that the end always justify the means. To them, even if they leave a path of destruction, hey, we can fix that, once we are back in power. But unless we are back in power, we won't be able to fix the mess. So that is the main reason to let us be back in power. This is tautology raised to elegant near fascist form. Nietsche noted (but did not tout; that was his sister) the process whereby the "will to power" would likely become a value unto itself, and that this "new" value had the ability to displace ethically and religiously based value systems. Nietsche recognized the utter narcissism that lie at the heart of the will to power. And this narcissism is plainly on view in the Clintons' campaign for restoration. As a long time Democrat, a frequent contributor, I increasingly feel that we perhaps may have to spend a longer time in the wilderness for us to finally move beyond the high drama and dysfunction that the Clintons represent. It is not about America, and it is not about us. It is about them, and we are trapped on the runaway train. Let's only hope that Edwards, Gore, Pelosi, Richardson, and whoever else decide to step in somehow to save us from the next six weeks leading up to Pennsylvania. One shudders to think of what damage will be wrought if they do not.