Idealists ain't practical enough.

Seems to me that Barack Obama is an idealist. Unusual for a politician. He has lofty concepts. Problem is, we aren't a nation of idealists. We're practical people that just want to get by. Ideals don't grab us. Don't feed us. Don't inspire us. Instead, we want the creature comforts of life. Money. And the security of a job. And some of us have it. And some of us don't. We're a nation of haves and have-nots. We seem to accept that. That the poor will always be with us. But Obama probably is a socialist at heart. He'd like a redistribution of wealth. To make the rich less rich. And the poor less poor. That's an ideal. But we ain't gonna get it. Because the rich want to stay rich. Want to keep what they have. And even get more. At the expense of the poor and downtrodden. And once you've got the money, you have the power. To get your way. And to hell with the idealists. They're ignorant. They ain't practical enough. --Jim Broede