Bodhisattvas in an Election Year - Case Seven

Do politicians in this election year follow this adage:


"A good scapegoat is nearly as welcome as a solution to the problem" ?


If so, how should we respond when they do so, when we hear of others that we know doing so?


What to do when we notice that we are doing so?


What are we to make of this report that President Obama's campaign has an enemies list?

"The President Has a List

by Kimberley A. Strassel

Barack Obama attempts to intimidate contributors to Mitt Romney's campaign."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304723304577368280604524916.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

It appears that as of May 10, 2012 this enemies list has had further consequences:

Strassel: Trolling for Dirt on the President's List

First a Romney supporter was named on an Obama campaign website. That was followed by the slimy trolling into a citizen's private life.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304070304577396412560038208.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

A comment from the NY Times, May 7, 2012, seems to reinforce this theme:


Target Practice By THOMAS B. EDSALL 
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/target-practice/?ref=opinion

“Right now, before everyone gets to know him, is the time for Obama to push Romney face down in the dirt,” a key Democratic operative working outside the campaign told me last week. “You can’t let Romney go before the voters looking clean.”

 

Do Bodhisattvas have enemies?

Do we have enemies?

 Though there may be someone who sees us as their enemy, do we have enemies? This is a good point to clarify. 

(c) 2012 Elihu Genmyo Smith

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