Political Blunders

I haven't been a big follower of politics most of my life.  Found it quite boring actually.  Not a big history buff either - found that to be boring too.  I'm sort of a firm believer that the past is the past.  Not much you can do about it!

I never use to exercise my right to vote because I never knew enough about candidates to give an educated vote - so I figured since I was so ignorant I shouldn't vote and let those who know more do the voting.  I wasn't going to vote for the candidate my parents were pushing because that defeats the purpose of  me having my right to vote - was essentially giving them two chances to vote.  Somehow that made sense to me all those years I neglected to vote.  The last reason was because once I registered I was a candidate for jury duty and I so didn't want to do my civic duty if I was called up for duty.

I never complained about who was in office, I just frankly didn't give a damn to be honest.  I figured our country would run on its own - or at least the people who really cared about the government would keep things "real" and in "check".

I got a little older - in my 30s and decided that maybe voting might not be such a bad thing to do.  I've spent the time listening to the candidates and their idealistic thoughts and chose that candidate that mirrored what I was sort of thinking.  Again, I'm not versed in politics so I'm easily impressed by simple things and simple ideas.

We have so many problems in the U.S. in the here and now that it is the candidates that can convince me that they have the stuff to solve these problems that gets me thinking about voting for them.  I saw the mistakes that the Republican President made during his 8 years of office that I couldn't stomach another 4 years with the same ideology.  So I caved and voted Democratic this last election.  I had this notion that a young, charismatic person could begin to pick up the pieces of the country that had fallen apart during the Bush years.  After 3 years in office, it is obvious he doesn't have the goods to make monumental changes.  I'm so disappointed.

I can't blame this political and economic debacle on one man, it's becoming apparently obvious that the whole lot of politicians in Washington are just worthless, egotistical buffoons.  The unfortunate part of all of this is that we the voting people elected such nonsense into office in the first place.  What are we the voting people thinking???  We the voting people are just as to blame for this political and economical environment.  We are the buffoons for electing such nonsense into our government.

The thing that irked me not to long ago was when I found out that some employers require their employees to donate to candidates.  And when I say -  "required" - I mean they are told how much they need to donate and to whom and that amount is not negotiable.  So much for the freedom of choice!

I like my husband's idea of voting against all the incumbents in Washington in the next election and starting fresh.

So to you politicians out there, start listening to your voting people and what your voting people want.  Not what you think is in the best interest of you or your respective party!  If not, you will continue to see our country slip into the gutter with a long and hard climb out!