My Existence

When was the last time, a person of political power said what they were really thinking?  Their OWN words?  Their own feelings and ideas?  When was the last time we, as American people, took them at face value?  Didn’t analyze and nitpick EVERYTHING that has been said, since their first words til the last press conference they were in?

Why is it, that politians can’t speak their mind?  Why do WE, the American people,  put them on pedestals and assume they can not, should not, and will not doe any wrong?  Why, I ask you, do we then throw them under the bus or otherwise enjoy hearing of their trangressions, faults and mistakes?  And not ONLY do we enjoy it, but we ACTIVELY seek the information!!

McCain announces he is not going to attend a certain debate until the current economical crisis is solved.  He calls on his opponent, Obama, to do the same and join him in Washington to iron out the game plan.  Here is what people are thinking:

McCain thinks he is going to lose the debate.  McCain is putting the economy before his campaign.

If Obama doesn’t also pull out, he doesn’t care about the economy.  If he does pull out, he is bowing to peer pressure.

Here is what I want to know :  Why have we made it matter what they do?  Why are we going over their every action and commenting and arguing about what they do or say, or do not do or do not say?  Why does what a candidate says in a debate, or at a press conference matter to a vote?  Why does it matter if they stumble on words, or appear lackluster, or insincere, or just don’t seem to handle themselves well??  In this particular political season, why does it matter that one of the choices for vice president is a female?  Who likes to hunt….what does her hunting have to do with RUNNING A COUNTRY???  Why does LACK OF EXPERIENCE really matter??

When you got your first job, did you know how to do EVERYTHING the job entailed the first day?  It matters more that you were a quick study, learned how to do your job, and tried to improve the process.  That is what should matter when it comes to voting.  That and what the person stands for, based on their words and how they have voted on issues in the past.

Forget all the television, radio and paper ads that are just bashing the other side.  Why have campaign ads sunk to the level of having to point out the negatives of the other person a majority of the time?  Why can’t ads promote what the person is going to do for their country?

We, as American people, need to stop rubber necking.  We need to stop being hypocrits.  We can’t hold politians to a certain standard, yet all the time be secretly wishing they stumble and fall!  Doing that only means politicians are going to say what THEY THINK we want to hear!  Which is what happens now!  We need to foster an environment in which a politician can say what THEY FEEL AND THINK!

So please, wake up America……we need change.  But the change needs to be in US, the common person.  The taxpayer, the one for whom which the government is supposed to be working for.  Not the other way around…..demand your representatives to be real people, and don’t scoff at what you hear, learn to accept it!