Winning on the popular television show "American Idol" takes talent, hard work, personality, and even then one is not guaranteed a successful musical career. The winner must continue improving on their craft, continue working hard, and develop their personal success.  Sadly, politics and diplomacy seem to reward failure rather than success. Jimmy Carter, a.k.a. American Diplomacy Idol is a shining example of a politican who failed miserably during his presidency and yet was rewarded with a Nobel Peace Prize. Three decades later, a new contestant is exciting the crowds and judges in the ongoing competition. President-elect Barack Obama, a.k.a. Diplomacy Idol wannabe is crooning a lovely song for all to hear.

 

If Barack Obama can further destabilize the Middle East, give away areas of the world that are in our national interest, as Carter did with the Panama Canal, plead and beg with rogue nations to hold talks leading to peaceful solutions on subjects such as human rights, wimp out as commander-in-chief when American citizens are taken captive, suggest imposing import limits on foreign oil which will only worsen an energy crisis, go on television and proclaim how bad things are and will only get worse (hasn't Obama already been doing that?), cut defense spending and intelligence readiness in order to show our enemies we mean no harm, therefore they should do the same, then and only then does Barack Obama stand a chance at being the next American Diplomacy Idol.

 

In a Jerusalem Post article on June 20, 2007, Michael D. Evans writes: "The shah was terrified of Carter. He told his personal confidant, 'Who knows what sort of calamity he [Carter] may unleash on the world?'" Evans drives home the havoc left in the wake of Carter's actions during his presidency: "Carter believed then and still does now that evil does not exist; people are basically good; America should embrace the perpetrators and castigate the victims. ... Carter's belief that every crisis can be resolved with diplomacy-and only diplomacy-now permeates the Democratic Party. Unfortunately, Carter is wrong. There are times when evil must be openly confronted and defeated."

 

Now, almost 30 years later, president-elect Barack Obama appears poised and ready to make the same mistakes President Carter made during his administration. As Evans also states, current Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is assuming the role of Ayatollah. Barack Obama is casting himself as Jimmy Carter. The stage is set for yet another president who thinks talking about things will solve problems, change behaviors, and simply by persuasion make friends of our enemies.

 

Unlike the music industry where failure, though painful for a former star, is not catastrophic for the nation or the world, President-elect Barack Obama shows strong tendencies of wanting to win the current version of American Diplomacy Idol even if the nation and the world suffer at his expense.  He, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Reid seem to delight in things getting worse, and in prolonging a crisis in order to implement more government programs which means more government control over everything, including We The People.

 

There was another contestant in the not too distant past, remember?  The man from Hope who spoke of his own version of hope and change. He and his co-president of a wife deregulated the mortgage industry and banks, strengthened laws to force lenders to make bad loans, endangered our national security, and of course, attempted the biggest power grab in recent times via the Hillary Healthcare debacle. Clinton's post-idol life, so far, has not been as dramatic a failure as Carter's, but can America afford to let Barack Obama try to win the title over these next four years? As citizens in this constiutional republic of ours, we-like viewers of American Idol-have a vote. Unlike viewers of American Idol, we the people must remember that we also are the competition judges. We are listening and we are watching, respectfully, Mr. President-elect, Mrs. Pelosi and Mr. Reid and the 2010 judging of your entries will soon be decided.  

 

Okay, everyone join with me in a melodious course of "Let's party like it's 1994, and elect a conservative Republican House and Senate majority once more!"