PoliticSpeak
Last night I was watching Barbara Boxer drone on about what Democrats will do, if elected, to repair the damage inflicted on the country by the Republicans. They will fix the deficit, fully fund no child left behind, get us the hell out of Iraq, fix the Medicare insurance plans, get immigration under control and...well, you get the picture. I started to think about how cynical I've become and I sat there wondering exactly how they plan to accomplish any of this. I can't tell anymore whether politicians actuallyl believe what they're saying (which makes them deluded at best) or they just think we will (which makes them opportunistic and manipulative at best).
It's no wonder most of the population doesn't vote. It's hard to motivate yourself to go to the trouble of voting when you know everyting the politicians are saying is just more bullshit. That's why more people vote for American Idol contestants than for politicians. At least we know they are, in fact, going to sing. I guess we also know that our Congressional leaders are going to do something, but it won't have any impact on what's really gone wrong with America. That is, if you believe that America is not heading in the right direction. They're can be counted on to generate more feel-good legislation, like the propsed immigration legislation. More laws that won't be enforced just the same way the existing laws aren't enforced. It sounds good, though. It sounds like someone is doing something. God forbid that anyone should note that the elephant in the room is a deficit that will choke generations of Americans. We can't round up illegal aliens because all of our money is going to Iraq.
Democrat or Republican, our leaders will not say the truth because the truth will get them voted out of office. Is this our fault or theirs? I mean, if telling the truth means you lose your cushy job, would you tell the truth? Yeah, I'm cynical.
