Chip
Friday, January 27, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Let's Get Political!
This is my LEAST favorite time of the year. I HATE politics. While I don't like them, I also understand the necessity for them. Government is established to protect ourselves from each other, protect ourselves (collectively) from other nations, and represent us; I get it. I also get that there are people out there who devote their lives to such an art and play the game very well. And that's where you lose me. I know that there will always be people like that who are big into politics and I'm really glad because I want to vote . . . and that's pretty much it.
I'm watching the news and all I see are Republican candidates bashing each other. When they're not bashing each other, they're going after Obama. Republicans are at each other's throats so much that I don't know if they can hold up one candidate in good faith. The whole Republican election has been turned into the Romney/Gingrich show. With those two firing at each other with everything they've got, I'm worried they're going to exhaust themselves and lose all other Republican support once the dust has settled and the REAL election begins. Then the Democrats are sitting there talking about how awesome things have been the last 4 years and why we should keep it going. Let me say right now that I'm really a moderate. I have some stances that are classified as Republican and some stances that are classified as Democrat. I don't care what party you belong to. If your stances, opinions, and policies are in line with mine, I'll vote for you.
But the WORST is Facebook. Yes, you heard me: FACEBOOK. People who are open about their political views will post things about how much the other party sucks and how the world would be so much better if they ran the country. In reality, people pushing for a different type of candidate (like a minority candidate or a female candidate) in the office also do the same thing and have been doing so for awhile. But really, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS REGARDLESS OF WHO IS IN THE OFFICE. 4 years isn't long enough to make the world stop and spin the other direction. We can't do a lot in 4 years, yet every single person in the Republican party thinks that Obama sucks because he hasn't been able to accomplish everything he wanted to. All the Democrats think Obama is awesome because he's getting the ball rolling (which is SUCH a generic term). I'm completely for new candidates (minorities, women, ANYONE). I don't think we should really care about what the person looks like who goes into the White House; it should be more about their ideas and how they can accomplish them. But having that staunch "If we had a __________ in the White House, we wouldn't have the problems we have today" argument NEVER holds water. Wake up and stop trying to put a certain type of person on the pedestal. If a woman wants to be president, I'm all for that; just don't make her look crazy. Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, and Hillary Clinton were all kinda getting there (good step in the right direction), but we still have a way to go before we can find someone we're all willing to stand behind. While I don't think Bachmann was insane, I did think this was pretty funny.
In reality, there are very few presidents in history that have been able to make colossal changes in a 4-year term. I'm not saying that Obama is God and is the answer to our prayers, but I'm not saying he's the devil either. People will post stuff like this on their Facebook feeds and we watch the fireworks commence.
I'm watching the news and all I see are Republican candidates bashing each other. When they're not bashing each other, they're going after Obama. Republicans are at each other's throats so much that I don't know if they can hold up one candidate in good faith. The whole Republican election has been turned into the Romney/Gingrich show. With those two firing at each other with everything they've got, I'm worried they're going to exhaust themselves and lose all other Republican support once the dust has settled and the REAL election begins. Then the Democrats are sitting there talking about how awesome things have been the last 4 years and why we should keep it going. Let me say right now that I'm really a moderate. I have some stances that are classified as Republican and some stances that are classified as Democrat. I don't care what party you belong to. If your stances, opinions, and policies are in line with mine, I'll vote for you.
But the WORST is Facebook. Yes, you heard me: FACEBOOK. People who are open about their political views will post things about how much the other party sucks and how the world would be so much better if they ran the country. In reality, people pushing for a different type of candidate (like a minority candidate or a female candidate) in the office also do the same thing and have been doing so for awhile. But really, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS REGARDLESS OF WHO IS IN THE OFFICE. 4 years isn't long enough to make the world stop and spin the other direction. We can't do a lot in 4 years, yet every single person in the Republican party thinks that Obama sucks because he hasn't been able to accomplish everything he wanted to. All the Democrats think Obama is awesome because he's getting the ball rolling (which is SUCH a generic term). I'm completely for new candidates (minorities, women, ANYONE). I don't think we should really care about what the person looks like who goes into the White House; it should be more about their ideas and how they can accomplish them. But having that staunch "If we had a __________ in the White House, we wouldn't have the problems we have today" argument NEVER holds water. Wake up and stop trying to put a certain type of person on the pedestal. If a woman wants to be president, I'm all for that; just don't make her look crazy. Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, and Hillary Clinton were all kinda getting there (good step in the right direction), but we still have a way to go before we can find someone we're all willing to stand behind. While I don't think Bachmann was insane, I did think this was pretty funny.
In reality, there are very few presidents in history that have been able to make colossal changes in a 4-year term. I'm not saying that Obama is God and is the answer to our prayers, but I'm not saying he's the devil either. People will post stuff like this on their Facebook feeds and we watch the fireworks commence.