Michael1942's Blog

Once again (or still) the political in and aspirants are debating some issues (which really have nothing to do with anything). What is it about office seekers that they try to impress the voting public with things that do not matter? We have gone through years of political campaigns which have brought this particular effort to a state of political drama that has as much production as any show in any theater. Serving the public should not be about popularity and who can put on the best show but about what a candidate wants to accomplish not what they need to say to get the office. Anything can be said about what needs to be done and what ought to be done but what is actually done does not surface until the office is occupied. Where we are is that a number of people want the public trust and lie to get it, this does not mean that they are liars (per se) but since they are being handled they are liars by proxy. As far as I am concerned I would rather vote for someone who is honest enough not to foretell what they will accomplish and does not have to trash the others in the race for office. Our political system has evolved to the equivalent of a high-profile basketball game where the players talk trash before the game.
Is this what we want and have degenerated to? Our solution could be as simple as listening to what our common sense tells us and vote according to that. If your common sense involves some biases, so be it.