Shall we call it quits, America?

Count me among the people who have caused this nation to flounder. I voted to have it happen by my silence; and what about you?

I have failed to speak out about the lies and the half-truths of political partisans, zealots left and right, and mass media; and what about you?

I have failed to defend and encourage those critics, commentators, and government employees who are advocates of truth and justice; and what about you?

Here is a nation that elected Barack Obama to the Presidency because he told us he would help correct the fallout from misdeeds of past presidents. But this same nation, at last blessed with a statesman as chief, has set him adrift among partisan enemies. Where is the support we owe him? I have been stingy with it; and what about you?

Why aren’t you and I sending clear and defiant messages to Washington’s special-interest wolf packs? Why aren’t we demanding that critics stop these inane attacks on our President out of fear of Democrats or fear of dark skin or fear of losing ill-begotten profits? Why aren’t we insisting that citizens regain control of government while we have someone to lead us in that endeavor?

We have the chance to rise behind Mr. Obama, to become justifiably proud of ourselves again. But we cannot because “the way we do business” in Washington immobilizes, overwhelms, and stupifies little people out here across America.

Or does it? What about you?