We're in big trouble. Not a little trouble, not some trouble, but big trouble. As the late great Robert Preston might say if he were still with us, "Trouble--That's a capital T that rhymes with B and that stands for Bush."
Yes, it's Bush. That this lovely fellow is in charge is our trouble. Deficits. World hates us. Environment. Fundamentalists on one side, reactionary ideologues on the other. Republicans trying to gerrymander away our political system and the Democratic party itself, while transferring power to corporations. And the leader of the government, who should be taking care of these things, the potus of our republic is who? A dipshit. An ignorant, patrician jerk. You remember the great movie "Being There"? Well, if you took Chance the gardener and shoved a bug up his ass, you'd have George W. Bush.
Anyway, my point. We're in trouble. And we sure as hell better get somebody to fix it. And that somebody better realize that our need to have things fixed outweighs their desire to be President. That's my litmus test. Who out there among the Democratic candidates wants to help his country more than get elected?
I'm not against a little political ambition. Hell, even a lot of ambition; great leaders seem to always have this. But at crisis moments, like the present disastrous mess, such people have put the needs of their people over their own private agendas. We need somebody willing to do that today. We need somebody willing to make this sacrifice. We need a hero.
So, who's your hero?