The sad state of the American electorate.
The sad state of the American electorate. Well, maybe not the entire electorate, but rather those on the "right" who would rather vote for someone they admit is a liar and not interested in representing their interests in elected office rather than vote for someone whom they admit has their best interests at heart.
It seems like the "right" is acting like the girl who has a love/hate relationship with the bad boy. He lies, he cheats, he treats you like crap, but hey, a crush is a crush and why not indulge?
And this isn't a new pattern, either. In 2004 the "right" re-elected George W. Bush after being lied to and mislead repeatedly from 2001 until election day. In 2000 the GOP sent John McCain to the polls, a man who flipped and flopped on nearly every issue depending on which target group he was speaking with on a given day. Much the same as Romney has been operating for the past year.
What happened to America? We'd like to think our neighbors, co-workers and families are making an informed decision when entering the election booth but when facts are derided as unnecessary and truths are asserted as inconsequential, are your friends and neighbors really wanting to make an informed decision or are they being corralled into determining the future based on an attractive veneer covering a rotten core?
Let me put it in a more personal way: automobile technology has changed in the past 15 years. Miles per gallon have increased, once optional features are now standard and power/torque has increased without the loss of mileage standards.
If we took two vehicles a modern 20012 model with all the fixings or a 15 year old vehicle of the same model with a new paint job to make it appear shiny, which would you choose as your daily driver? The one that has forward leaning technology or the one that's lacking compared to it's contemporary competitor in all the areas that matter but looks good?
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/liberty-to-lie/?smid=go-share
It seems like the "right" is acting like the girl who has a love/hate relationship with the bad boy. He lies, he cheats, he treats you like crap, but hey, a crush is a crush and why not indulge?
And this isn't a new pattern, either. In 2004 the "right" re-elected George W. Bush after being lied to and mislead repeatedly from 2001 until election day. In 2000 the GOP sent John McCain to the polls, a man who flipped and flopped on nearly every issue depending on which target group he was speaking with on a given day. Much the same as Romney has been operating for the past year.
What happened to America? We'd like to think our neighbors, co-workers and families are making an informed decision when entering the election booth but when facts are derided as unnecessary and truths are asserted as inconsequential, are your friends and neighbors really wanting to make an informed decision or are they being corralled into determining the future based on an attractive veneer covering a rotten core?
Let me put it in a more personal way: automobile technology has changed in the past 15 years. Miles per gallon have increased, once optional features are now standard and power/torque has increased without the loss of mileage standards.
If we took two vehicles a modern 20012 model with all the fixings or a 15 year old vehicle of the same model with a new paint job to make it appear shiny, which would you choose as your daily driver? The one that has forward leaning technology or the one that's lacking compared to it's contemporary competitor in all the areas that matter but looks good?
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/liberty-to-lie/?smid=go-share
Comments
However, with the electoral college the way it is right now, it's highly unlikely that any vote not Repub or Dem would count for anything. Hello #TwoPartySystem
I can't agree about mileage being better now...
I had a 78 Monte Carlo with a V-8 that averaged 30+ mpg when I took my east coast trip.... our new (2010) Dodge van is lucky to average 21.5 mpg.... not much of a gain, and we bought the one that was supposed to get the most mpg (27)! I guess you only get the numbers if you spend the extra 50 cents per gallon to get premium? If you want real mileage you have to go to the European cars that the US will not import.
Beyond that, I don't trust either one of them.....