Eight Decades of Free Thinking

Listening to all the pundits, politicians and reporting, before, during and since the Iowa caucus, here at the beginning of the 11th year of the twenty-first century, I’m reminded of the perennial presidential Socialist candidate, Norman Thomas, of the twentieth century, who said the American people would never accept Communism, under that name, but would swallow all its tenets under the name Socialism. And so we have.

The six Republican candidates all have a mantra to “defeat Obama.” Then talk about the social programs they plan on implementing, in one form or another. Like Romney, saying he thinks socialized medicine should come under the jurisdiction of States instead of Federal.

I just read a comment which said, “Don’t let them downplay the Iowa Caucus – the winner is definitely important.” Obviously an uninformed commenter, inasmuch as the past winners in Iowa rarely reach nomination.

After months and months of extensive news coverage from every angle, the current headlines state most in Iowa have not made up their minds as to who they will cast their votes for in a few days. The slew of Republican candidates have traveled and campaigned for months in every nook and cranny of the state. What is so important about a people who can’t make a decision, after listening for months from the entire slew of candidates covering all issues repeatedly?