The Insanity of Politics

The politicians don’t care about any of that, of course.  They just want the votes. If they could get dogs to vote for them they would.

Then there are the television ads.  Politicians are ruining their entire profession and destroying any respect they ever had.  By constantly focusing on the lies, misrepresentations, and failings of their opponent, they’re just reinforcing what we all know - none of them can be trusted!  We’d be better off letting Baseball managers and NCAA coaches run our country.  Tubby Smith, Joe Torre, Pat Summitt, Tony Larussa, Bobby Cox…. I trust each of them more than I do 9 out of 10 politicians.  Let Pat Summitt loose in Washington and I think a lot of the wrongs would soon become rights - they wouldn’t dare do otherwise! 

Why DO the politician’s ads always focus on hatching away at someone else?  Why don’t they tell what they want to get done, what they have done, what they’re working toward - you know, the important things that we as voters should know.  Maybe if they spent less time worrying about the other camp, they could work on perfecting their own.  Maybe if they stopped wasting so much money on lavish conventions, ads, and yard signs they could put that money toward things that really matter (AIDS, Cancer research, the homeless, rebuilding New Orleans…) 

As a perfect example of how far people will carry political agendas, “In a Rush to open my mouth Limbaugh“ actually went on the offensive against Michael J. Fox after the saner….I’m sorry, the latter made a public appearance endorsing a politician who supported Stem Cell Research. Limbaugh, on his radio show, stated that Fox was either “….off his medicine…” or “…was acting…”  In a fury to lash out, he stuck his foot in his mouth and came across as a total jerk.  To his credit, he did apolgize on air.  But, he shouldn’t have ever gotten that worked up in the first place!  (Click HERE to read the story.)

It’s just a perfect example of what politics has become - Damned ugly. Yet it’s what humanly drives our country’s vehicle.   I truly hope that my rant hasn’t offended anyone - I’m not lashing out at one party or the other.  They’re all taking part in the carnival of fools.  The sad thing is, these are some remarkably intelligent men and women (on all sides) - and if they were to stop worrying about Democrats and Republicans and started worrying about Americans….and if they’d quit worrying about the left or the right and just met in the middle —- They’d change the world. 

I’m a card carrying optimist, but even I don’t see that happening.  Too many yard signs in the way.

Joi