Is it me, or have our choices for political office, all of them, been gradually getting worse over the years? When did it become the norm to vote for the “Lesser of Two Evils” instead of the person that held the best platform, and carried the best message?
There are only two of the current candidates that I am really interested in, but I am not going to mention them here, only because I refuse to give them any free advertising. Should there be the unlikely event that one of them call me and ask if I would run a spread on them, then I will be happy to do so… for a fee. But I will make no promises about what I would write.
Anyway… Politics is like a really bad sitcom these days. A combination of “Everyone loves Raymond”, with a dash of “The Apprentice” and just a little bit of “Jerry Springer” thrown in for good measure. I cannot look at any of them without thinking that they are just telling us what we want to hear and truncating the rest into silent whispers in back rooms.
No… I have decided who I will vote for, and I will do so if that person is nominated. But I will do it only because they are the best of the one that are offered, and the offerings are might lean these days.
Seriously… I wish John Stewart would run. At least then the race would be interesting.
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Ben has a T shirt that says “John Stewart in 2008″. He gets many comments on it. I also got him a “campaign button” that says “Stewart/Colbert 08″ that he wears pretty regularly.
You know… It they would probably get a pretty fair amount of the vote from both Dem and Rep camps.
Heck… How could Colbert be any worse that Cheney?
I figure he has to be less evil than Cheney
I’m of the opinion that a “clean-slate” is what we need …. get rid of all of the bums, Congress included, and start over again. None of them (candidates included) truly have OUR best interest at heart, they’re all a bunch of power hungry self-centered idiots!
As for the original thought of this thread ….. I’m inclined to vote for the candidate that’s strong on Terrorism (homeland security)and border control, the Line Item Veto (which would take care of the Earmarks in most spending bills) and hold the line on increased taxes.
Also, I’d like to see the Congress come under the same Social Security program that we, the peons, are saddled with ….. their current rate of pay after retirement for the rest of their lives is BS!!
In A Perfect World:
The US political system needs a tune-up… or an enema. That much is clear.
The Nomination process is nothing more than a Dog and Pony show where people get up in front of a bunch of people and spill political rhetoric about what they will do and will not do, and their commitment lasts about as long as it takes them to cash the checks, then it is on to the next task at hand.
Politicians should be forced to work on something similar to a commission basis. The lower their job rating gets, the lower their pay. (In Bush’s case he would be flipping burgers at the Capital Consession stand to make up the difference.) Becoming the president should be almost like joining the seminary… you take a vow of poverty while you are doing the job.
I think that since this country seems to be so gung-ho to keep the Electorial College, then let’s keep it, but make is so that each state is only worth one point. This would force the politicians to spend time in each state, so that they really have to get to know the people. As it stands now, they always hit the most valuable states first, and in some cases not even stopping in some of the single digit states. How fair is that? It goes a long way to show where their priorities lie.
Sorry for rambling… did not have time to formulate a concise reply. I will do better next time.
The political quagmire or quandary, like I like to say, I think is good for the country and that we are headed in the right directions. I guess I should make my political views known. I’m a liberal democratic. Until the nomination I will stay bipartisan, so I will not announce who I will endorse for President. Do you really want more of the same ole, same ole. Put this into context, 116 million Americans, nearly 40 percent of the nation have never lived when there wasn’t a Bush or a Clinton in the White House.†If we the American people are so exasperated with the handling of our government, why would you want more of the same. Personally, I think we need a commander and chief who is going to be honest and up front with the American people of national security issues. And not mislead us into believe something when it is untrue just so the President can have leverage over Congress. He needs to be hard on Domestic issues also. I think you will be surprised with this crop of Presidential candidates because the spotlight on the presidency will be brighter than ever this term. Whomever becomes President will have to become a great one because the American will demand it.
I am going to sound s little “60′s-ish” but the current system is an elitest system. There is no one in office that TRULY represents the working person. They represent the people in the higher tax bracket because that is where the influence comes from. Yes… that include Obama.
If what I were saying were not true, then there would be no $1200 a plate dinners that you could attend to meet them. They would attend when small grassroots commitees to elect them asked for them to show up for a quick speech. The only time they do show up at the small things are if there are plenty of press there, and there is a minority related, or some other substancial politically motivated reason.
I do not want more of the same… that is why I have, quite some time ago, voiced my opinion in the only way that politicians seem to hear. I abandon the Republican Party and moved to the Independent.
Oh my goodness. It appears that what my mother used to say has come to fruition. Her advice was,” If wishes were horses, then fools could ride.” Listen fellas, in this day and age of our being in a truly Global World would you really want the people in charge of our government to be mandated to leave important issues to come down to hicksville USA to meet people who may or may not vote for them…let us not all be so naive.
These people run the country, and they’re no different than any others who have been or will be in power, make decisions daily that have far reaching ramifications here and abroad. Remember, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Why don’t you do some research on our governments participation in overthrowing South American countries leadership, to install those we felt weren’t leaning to the left to far. Or, just look what they did to the Diem brothers and those who followed in Vietnam…and this was at the behest of the revered JFK….
I agree that the Election process is long, boring, and expensive…and run like big business for each candidate. And you say they only tell you what you want to hear…well, they don’t tell you all because it would make you feel at ease with the govts. past doings…but, I don’t think John Stewart would trade in his salary to become president…he’s got an easy job and doesn’t he also tell you what you want to hear? It’s easy to criticize, but a lot harder to do something to change the way things are in the country.
You should go to the CIA website and read the archives about the College of the Americas where we trained the military of south american countries to torture, maime, and kill in the name of democracy fighting communism. Then you’ll really have something to think about around election time.
Excuse me John, but “Listen fellas”, in my language is plural and I haven’t ‘signed-on’ to any of the previous posts necessarily. With that said, my only remark of any substance at this moment is to reiterate what I said above …. “I have no faith that any of them, Red or Blue have ours or the countries best interest at heart and all should be replaced” …. they’re actions as of late speak volumes for ‘term-limits’, coupled with their 11% approval rating.
Russell’s second post deleted due to a double post of the same comment.