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Victor Davis Hanson has a great summary of how we got to where we are in the 2008 election at Pajamas Media… one of the highlights:

The country is soon to be in a position, thanks to the Obamas, that voting for a national hero, with three decades of governmental experience, and prior national campaign savvy over a half-term U.S. Senator is proof of being illiberal.

I think that’s the best description of the flap over Michelle Obama’s comments on her pride in America. My concern isn’t over how proud Obama is of her country, it’s that there is a messianic undercurrent to Obama’s campaign. (I’m certainly not the first person to notice that… heck, Allahpundit at HotAir literally always refers to Obama as the Messiah in a not so subtle dig). How can someone be a Messiah when they aren’t saying anything? How can voting for someone who isn’t saying anything make anyone proud of their country?

Regardless of the socialist leanings of Obama’s votes and policies, isn’t it just a little insulting for someone to say that they, and only they are the answer to Americas divisions… both political and racial? Even more amazing is the fact that he claims to be the answer to Americas divisions, while saying nothing, and claims to want to repair the partisan divide in this country while insulting Republicans.

I’ll continue to be proud of this country no matter who ends up winning the election in November… no matter who wins, it won’t be the end of the world, if we could survive four years of Jimmy Carter we can survive anything.

But I can’t tell you how disappointed I am that we expect so little of our politicians… how many times during this election cycle have we heard pundits talk about people voting for who they would rather have a beer with?

I want the person who would never think about running for office, and has to be dragged into the race kicking and screaming… that’s the person who won’t abuse their office, and that’s who the founding fathers envisioned governing the Republic. Obama can say whatever he wants about being the candidate of change, but at the end of the day he’s nothing but a career politician… and electing career politicians is what got us into this mess.

Give me the person who stops telling people what they want to hear and instead focuses on the fact that a government bureaucracy isn’t the solution to our problems, it’s the cause of our problems. Oh wait, that was Reagan.