Michael1942's Blog

The measure is apparently not full. Each election season we voters forget (and apparently forgive) the lies and attacks on others used by office seekers. The theme that must always be in the forefront is that they have lied to us! It does not take an expert to understand that a person who has to assail the character of another probably has something to hide themselves. Not one of us is perfect and therefore pointing out the flaws of others to move ahead is not a good personal trait. Being imperfect is our lot as humans but we have the brain power to improve if we so desire. This trait to improve has been lacking in our elected officials and we still elect them time after time because of one thing they said in a speech that hit home for us individually. This one thing could have been a racial, religious or even semi political item but it still influenced us to give that office seeker our vote. Each election season we tend to spend more time examining the faults of candidates than their qualifications, voting record or public offerings. When a person seeks an office their entire family is in the spotlight and since no one of us is perfect , no family is perfect. This only means that family issues do not necessarily have anything to do with the candidates (new or incumbent) ability to serve once in office. We have become mere puppets in the political theater in even greater numbers than in the past due to the mass media available to us. We are advertised into buying sprees and into voting for office seekers who often do not deliver the goods. Can we as voters ever get beyond this cycle of manipulation? Of course we can but only if we put aside our innate prejudices and think with our real brains.