A National Tragedy?

In the Oct 2nd Vice Presidental debate, Joe Biden said that if Barack Obama were to die in office, that would be a “national tragedy of historic proportion.” Really? I suppose that might be true if you were a self-appointed messiah, sent to save the helpless citizens of this great country of ours. But let’s get real.

Hurricane Katrina was a national tragedy of historic proportion.

Pearl Harbor was a national tragedy of historic proportion.

The September, 2001 terrorist attacks against our country was a national tragedy of historic proportion.

The killing of 4,000 babies each and every day continues to be a national tragedy of historic proportion.

But the death of a sitting President? Sure, it would be a sad, unfortunate event. But to call it a “national tragedy of historic proportion” only serves to illuminate the self-centered opinion Obama and Biden have of themselves. If Obama gets elected, I’m afraid the first thing he would do is spend millions of dollars enlarging the Oval Office to fit his ego.

We certainly could use just a bit more humility from our leaders.