It’s the mean season. We face two months of political sound bites,
mudslinging and skewed facts (better known as lies). It would be a miracle if
we could vote a government into office capable of agreeing on anything – even
what to order for lunch would be a good start. Oh, I forgot to add, without the
lunch costing 1.5 billion dollars.
I hear each candidate claim he will
create more jobs. Just exactly how does Executive
power create jobs? Will the President
wave the flag three times over the Lincoln Memorial and force Kodak to hire 200
workers?
Some people know which candidate
will get their vote. Others are still working through the hype. Personally, I
dread the coming robo calls. Why do people who are supposedly bright enough to
solve America’s problems (?) think these nuisances would tip the balance in
their favor? Let’s see - in the last four days Candidate A has interrupted my dinnertime
three times, assuming I will listen to a recording of political drivel while my
ground beef burns. Yes! I want to vote for that
man!
As I turn my phone on to stop the
ringing so I can turn it off immediately, my only satisfaction is that whoever that candidate was, he or she just wasted more of his money than my time. And if I fail to check caller ID
and accidentally respond, like Pavlov’s dog to a ringing phone, the robo call will
certainly make me reconsider voting for that candidate.
Because here is my question: since
everyone knows the public hates these things, why would a person who wants my
vote invade my home with aggravating, electronic drivel? If the candidates claim it’s not them, but
their campaigns initiating these calls, I wonder why they do not have control
over their own campaigns. Choosing to implement robo calls on your behalf tells
me you are not listening to the American public and have no intention of doing
so in the future. If you can’t control
your campaign’s decisions, why should I believe you are capable of leading
what is euphemistically called the free world?
My dream candidate would not make
claims but would describe methods. My candidate would not snipe at his or her
opposition in mind numbing sound bites that insult my intelligence. My candidate will say to the electorate: I
agree robo calls are a nuisance and you will not receive any on my behalf.
Can I vote for you twice?
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