this morning...
...i answered that age old question: Do I vote with my heart, or do I pick the candidate who has the best chance of defeating the candidate I can’t stomach?
In todays California election, I voted no on the recall, but I am afraid I chose the latter for the replacement if the recall goes through. My stomach is turning; I voted for an unabashed political whore. A man awash in special-interest money. A career political hack who is not the needed visionary problem solver, and under whom likely little will change.
In the end though, he’ll probably sign the right bills more often than the wrong bills...hopefully. And, it helps defeat someone else who I feel would be worse.
When I have to make this choice, it strikes me that the American political system, though based on good and decent principles, no longer seems to work for good of common constituents. (Rather, it works in favor of those who can buy access to it -- but that is another rant) This two-party system is overdue for an overhaul.
In todays California election, I voted no on the recall, but I am afraid I chose the latter for the replacement if the recall goes through. My stomach is turning; I voted for an unabashed political whore. A man awash in special-interest money. A career political hack who is not the needed visionary problem solver, and under whom likely little will change.
In the end though, he’ll probably sign the right bills more often than the wrong bills...hopefully. And, it helps defeat someone else who I feel would be worse.
When I have to make this choice, it strikes me that the American political system, though based on good and decent principles, no longer seems to work for good of common constituents. (Rather, it works in favor of those who can buy access to it -- but that is another rant) This two-party system is overdue for an overhaul.