Lawmakers Aren’t Leaders
Oct 29th, 2007 by Micah Tillman | 7 Comments |
Take the following headlines, for instance:
Democrats seek direction as 2008 polls loom
Republicans Welcome Rangel’s Tax Bill as Election-Year `Gift’
Comedian Colbert Reaches Double Digits As Third-Party Candidate
The difference between our “leaders” in Congress and Colbert is that people want to be like Colbert, and nobody wants to be like Congress.
What does Congress do, anyway? They write things that tell other people what to do. What’s there to imitate in that? How can we follow them if they don’t do anything themselves?
Leaders require followers. Followers require actions to imitate.
Whoever decided that our lawmakers were our leaders made a huge mistake.
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I propose the “Mars Attacks!” plan for dealing with Congress.
*laugh* Sure you do.
I do.
Well, speaking metaphorically, anyhow.
Metaphors are interesting things. Better than similies, IMO, because we already use the word “like” too much nowadays.
I never really put that much thought into it, but I agree.
PS - I know your e-mail address is primarily only ceremonial in function, but I just sent something to it!
*grin* Thanks for the heads up!
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