I've been talking to a lot of friends of mine about the presidential election.
Some are very conservative; others are extremely liberal. And some like me fall in the middle, or lean slightly one way or another.
But there is one issue I have raised that EVERYONE I talk to seems to agree on:
We are all sick of discussing stuff about candidates that has NOTHING to do with the important issues of this election.
We all want to hear more about the candidates' different viewpoints and ideas about:
- The economy
- The Iraq War
- The War on Terror
- Foreign Relations (China, Russia, Middle East, NATO, etc)
- Immigration
- Health care
- Energy
- The Supreme Court and social issues
We do NOT want to hear anymore about:
- Obama is an elitist who looks down on small town America.
- Hillary lied about being under sniper fire.
- McCain is too old to be President.
- Obama is tied into radicals like Reverend Wright and William Ayres.
- Hillary is power hungry and will say anything to be elected.
- McCain has anger management issues.
...you get the picture.
But politics seems to care more about ALL the bullshit and NOT the issues at hand. Is it any wonder America is so fucked up?
Enough of the "gotcha" politics and the swiftboating.
But the ultimate blame falls directly in the lap of the American citizens, NOT the politicians. After all, it is us that put these idiots in the position of getting elected. America doesn't seem to really give a shit about the issues. THEY WANT DIRT!
Thats why more people vote for the "American Idol" instead of the elections of their political leaders.
Ayn Rand wrote in The Fountainhead that if you want to attack someone, you don't attack what they do. You call them an atheist or a womanizer or something worse, and this way you distract attention away from this issues at hand. This is what has been increasingly happening to American politics, and no matter what side of the issues you are on, it is detrimental to all of us.
It needs to stop.
Does anyone else share my opinion on this?
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Last night on Boston Legal a case was presented only to draw attention to nuclear proliferation.
Nobody's paying attention to all of the bombs that are in the hands of our psychopath allies and others and nobody seems to care.
Bush has allowed more WMD's to get in the hands of nutcases than any other president in the history of the United States yet he claims we are fighting a "war on terror".
What a joke.
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