GOP Inspired

This would be all so hilarious if it were not all so sad and if Shakespeare were writing the ending to this Republican process I believe he would have it end with a death and not, yet, another Gingrich marriage.

The character displayed by many world politicians is in a word, tragic. Party, race, creed, colour, or sex does not seem to have any bearing on the ability of a politician to make the wrong choice or to tell us a lie.

When it comes to politicians or the political system, for that matter, the big question we should be asking ourselves is why do we trust so much? Why do we display this trusting bias? I, for one, believe most people are telling me the truth and when people in power tell us something don’t you think that most people believe what they say to be true. When we hear something from a ‘’leader’’, most of us don’t engage, or don’t want to engage in the mental effort to question the assertion. ‘’He is our leader he must know what he is talking about.’’

When it comes to ethics, especially in politics, the end justifies the means. Our leaders can lie about an opponent because if that opponent is elected it will be disastrous for us all and if I lie about myself that’s OK too because it is imperative that I take office because if I don’t, again a disaster. I am sorry, but being ethical should be what is most important. Not just for our political figures but for everyone and the ends rarely, if ever, justify the means.

So what is the answer, whom do we vote for? Good luck with that one. All I would suggest is something I learned from my father and that is to ‘’question authority’’, become informed, get involved, and if you are not willing to run for office and ‘’be the change’’ than you really can’t ‘’bitch’’ too much.