Total loss of faith in the whole thing
I really wanted to be on the Obama bandwagon. I really wanted to believe that he meant it when he said he wanted to clean up government and make it all about the people. Then he allowed his party to shove "The Senator from MBNA" onto the ticket as his running mate. Before I go any further, don't get me wrong- I am no fan of the Republican ticket either and have my share of problems with it as well. I am just trying to figure out what happened to all of the people who I used to talk to about Obama. When Biden was announced most of them were a bit outraged, like me. Now they all are tooting his horn, acting as apologists for every time he screwed over the American people in favor of his big business buddies, and generally behaving as if this is the best thing possible for Obama. You can't clean up something if throwing out your running mate is on the top 10 of the list. I should have expected no less though. When Obama started touting raising taxes on the wealthy he was including the very people who run the Democratic party and I am sure they were none too keen on that notion. How people can believe that the upper echelon of either party gives a rat's ass about the middle class and below still baffles me. These people might have had humble beginnings but if you have ever had a friend go from rags to riches you know that they soon forget (usually more than willingly) the hardships of yesterday and embrace the new riches of today. AND, the "Nouveau Riche" are notorious for being obsessed with acquiring more riches, often in unscrupulous ways. The entire political organism is diseased. Obama seemed like the first breath of fresh air. Sadly, I just don't believe that anymore. I am not faulting Obama. I think this is just the "Democrat's response" to the last eight years of the "people behind the throne" running the country. I really hope I am wrong.
On a different note, I have decided that my old maxim of "if you don't vote you have no right to complain about the government" needs to be amended. It needs to read "If you don't pay your taxes you have no right to open your mouth about politics." I will say no more about it, just that it wears me out.
Since I am still not feeling any better about this yet- why is it this country grinds to a total halt at least 2 years out of every 8? The whole presidential thing is totally out of hand- Congress gets absolutely nothing done while both parties scramble to get the "best candidate", etc. At a time when this country really needs groundbreaking legislation to help us deal with future challenges on energy, the economy and foreign policy those jokers are too busy worrying about re-election, partisanship and mud-slinging. And we all just tolerate it, nay, we enthusiastically engage in an orgy of support in a blissfully ignorant euphoric state over it.
I don't know who I am going to vote for now (I truly have no faith in either candidate now) but I know I have to so I can comment on the next few years.
On a different note, I have decided that my old maxim of "if you don't vote you have no right to complain about the government" needs to be amended. It needs to read "If you don't pay your taxes you have no right to open your mouth about politics." I will say no more about it, just that it wears me out.
Since I am still not feeling any better about this yet- why is it this country grinds to a total halt at least 2 years out of every 8? The whole presidential thing is totally out of hand- Congress gets absolutely nothing done while both parties scramble to get the "best candidate", etc. At a time when this country really needs groundbreaking legislation to help us deal with future challenges on energy, the economy and foreign policy those jokers are too busy worrying about re-election, partisanship and mud-slinging. And we all just tolerate it, nay, we enthusiastically engage in an orgy of support in a blissfully ignorant euphoric state over it.
I don't know who I am going to vote for now (I truly have no faith in either candidate now) but I know I have to so I can comment on the next few years.