Narcissism

With the political nominating conventions complete in the United States, the pundits and politicos can start to really confuse the voting public with rhetoric, inuendo and dishonesty.  A real shame that the task of government to represent the people gets waylaid in favor of representing corporations and other obscene institutions.  

I felt that the message of candidate John Edwards,  addressing the obscenity of poverty, was especially timely. As he fell behind candidates Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama in the democratic race, I had hoped that at least his views on the plight of the working classes  in this neo-colonial economy would linger and resonate.

Little did I know that his political decline may have been caused by his own daliances.  He assumed personal responsibility for his weaknesses and blamed himself for pridefulness and narcissism. But his political fall took the issue of classism from the campaign and denied the workers of the world any representation in this political season.  Now the candidates can continue to obfuscate over issues that are less important than poverty.

Narcissism replaces the issues of poverty in the political discourse. Not a very good trade.