Lickspittles

"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." --Samuel Adams

The nation has elected a lickspittle. A cowardly man, full of "knowingness" but no knowledge. A man who confuses comfort with freedom. Responsibility with entitlement. A man who measures his righteousness by his popularity.

A man who thinks that America has fulfilled Dr. King's vision, when his very election is the strongest rebuttal of Dr. King's vision I can imagine. How can you claim to have ushered in an age when people will be judged by the content of their character instead of the color of their skin, when you were elected because of the color of your skin, not the content of your character? And, finally, in order to be judged by the content of your character, first you have to have a character to judge. And you have to be willing to stand judgment.

Our newly minted president fails on all counts.