Partisan Politics
I have just about had it with partisan politics. What is wrong with people? Why do we put up with it?
I have heard people from both parties say they did not want to hear the facts because they were a Democrat or a Republican. What? Since when does being a member of either party take away a person’s right to think for himself or herself?
When an elected official from either party does something wrong, people from their party justify the action by saying the other party has done something worse. Since when do two wrongs make a right?
Politicians from both parties are more concerned with getting reelected than they are concerned with serving their constituents. They expand government to expand their power. They don’t seem to care what damage expanding bureaucracy, spending, and debt does to the country.
Campaign advertising is a joke. Even if the ad is not an outright lie, the message it sends may not be accurate.
I would like to give a non-political example of a deceptive ad. You may have seen an ad for an energy drink that says they have surveyed 3,000 medical doctors. The ad states that 73% of the doctors surveyed would recommend a low calorie energy drink to those healthy patients that used energy drinks. This ad is very deceptive, as the first impression is that the doctors were endorsing the product, when in fact, all the doctors said was low calorie was better if they were going to use an energy drink. They never actually recommended the product advertised or any energy drink. It is a little scary that only 73% could say this, which was clearly not a positive endorsement.
Campaign advertising is not only deceptive; it is often so full of outright lies that little can be trusted. I recently heard President Obama in an interview say that if campaign ads were not truthful it was OK because it was politics. Really? It’s not OK, and the fact Obama is doing it does not make it OK for Romney to do it.
I am sick of partisan politics from both parties. Why do we put up with it? What can we do to change it? I think it has to come from grass roots movements and I don’t mean special interest groups. We must find the facts, keep talking, and work for real change.
Great post, Terry! So, so, sadly true, isn't it? Both parties make decisions and run their "businesses" for the good and the power of the party, NOT for the benefit of the people they represent.
ReplyDeletePeople won't wake up until political decisions hurt themselves or their loved ones. E.G., Obama care has a hidden rule that no one in their lifetime will be able to get more than one knee replacement and one hip replacement. Some will wake up when it's their knees or hips that go bad and they are living in extreme pain.
And once it hurts them, it'll be too late. The government will be controlling every aspect of our healthcare and that government may well be China or a Mid-Eastern country.