I am thinking we are way too tolerant of our politics in this country. I thought we started this country because we wanted a little more autonomy and were a bunch of free thinkers? I used to really care about politics. Actually I cared about it up until about a month or two ago.
I am now seeing our political system-slash-election system a giant waste of time. I think it’s become a humongous waste-o-time to see how our elections play out. Good grief, it’s been dragging on for months and months and it just gets worse.
We now have the two leading contenders slamming each other about how they are no different than B. Spears and P. Hilton. What the heck?? What are we, 6 years old? We have millions and millions of dollars being dumped into campaigns and I do mean dumped. We have talking heads out shouting each other about 29 different polls that came in yesterday morning and which poll means more than the other. We have one potential candidate (remember, we haven’t even had the conventions yet) making a speech in downtown Berlin, to a crowd of over 200,000 people. Do these people have nothing better to do with their lives then listen to one of our potential candidates speechacting in their town center?
People Of The World…..LISTEN UP!!! One thing we do really, really well in this country is make speeches about what we think you want us to say and do. We are terrific at it. Heck, I just heard half a dozen candidates in the past months promise me everything from lower taxes, lower interest rates, free health care, free education, cheap energy…you name it, we got it, for FREE (or at least cheap). For a price…we will even come to your country and promise you some of the same and throw in world peace!! We excel at telling you what we think you want to hear. We take your donations and promise the earth.
We need to rethink this whole election game. It’s disgraceful how much money we pour into this broken and tired system. The coffers for our elections could have rebuilt New Orleans. There is definitely something to say for the British system of dissolving Parliament and calling for a new government….in a month. That system is looking mighty good right about now.
If I don’t hear one more pundit tell me what he thinks of candidate A or B…it won’t come a minute too soon. And candidates?? Get your butts back down to the Senate floor and do the job you were put there to do. Enough of the travelling all over the country (and the world) in your fancy buses and planes promising us the earth. We don’t need the earth, we just need some common sense working for us back in the capitol. Oh and if I gave you $25 for your campaign, I want it back. My electric bill just came.
I am now seeing our political system-slash-election system a giant waste of time. I think it’s become a humongous waste-o-time to see how our elections play out. Good grief, it’s been dragging on for months and months and it just gets worse.
We now have the two leading contenders slamming each other about how they are no different than B. Spears and P. Hilton. What the heck?? What are we, 6 years old? We have millions and millions of dollars being dumped into campaigns and I do mean dumped. We have talking heads out shouting each other about 29 different polls that came in yesterday morning and which poll means more than the other. We have one potential candidate (remember, we haven’t even had the conventions yet) making a speech in downtown Berlin, to a crowd of over 200,000 people. Do these people have nothing better to do with their lives then listen to one of our potential candidates speechacting in their town center?
People Of The World…..LISTEN UP!!! One thing we do really, really well in this country is make speeches about what we think you want us to say and do. We are terrific at it. Heck, I just heard half a dozen candidates in the past months promise me everything from lower taxes, lower interest rates, free health care, free education, cheap energy…you name it, we got it, for FREE (or at least cheap). For a price…we will even come to your country and promise you some of the same and throw in world peace!! We excel at telling you what we think you want to hear. We take your donations and promise the earth.
We need to rethink this whole election game. It’s disgraceful how much money we pour into this broken and tired system. The coffers for our elections could have rebuilt New Orleans. There is definitely something to say for the British system of dissolving Parliament and calling for a new government….in a month. That system is looking mighty good right about now.
If I don’t hear one more pundit tell me what he thinks of candidate A or B…it won’t come a minute too soon. And candidates?? Get your butts back down to the Senate floor and do the job you were put there to do. Enough of the travelling all over the country (and the world) in your fancy buses and planes promising us the earth. We don’t need the earth, we just need some common sense working for us back in the capitol. Oh and if I gave you $25 for your campaign, I want it back. My electric bill just came.
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Oh, dear! I left a comment a few hours ago -- it must have been lost in Cyberspace.
I couldn't agree more here, Lee. I'm more and more disgruntled and disgusted with the whole system. If the media were to spend more time reporting the news, and less time MAKING/INVENTING/CREATING the news, we might be better off.
Pop-pop must be rolling over in his grave like a rotisserie!!
XO
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