We're a nation of 300 million sheep

The population of the United States of America is 300 million.

Out of that gigantic gene pool, our choices for president come down to Obama, Hillary Clinton and McCain.

Something is definitely out of whack to think that those are the three best representatives to head our nation for the next four years.

Are there not any candidates that can instill in us the belief that they would lead us in the right direction, look out for our best interests, get the economy back on track, resolve the undocumented immigrant problem and end the slaughter of our troops in Iraq?

Regardless of who our next president will be in January 2009, what is going to be done in the next eight months by our illustrious president, Congress and Senate to improve our country's dilemma or are they going to sit on their hands and do nothing as they have been?

We have lost our resolve, we have become a nation of sheep and we should be ashamed of ourselves as Americans.

If Americans had the same mindset in 1776 as we do now, we would be a British colony.

Steve J. Kogut Jr.

Des Plaines