Cheers to the American Poli-Idiots (politicians) of the Last Decade!
January 10th, 2008I’ve been scratching my head over the last decade wondering when the idiot towel would be thrown in. I’m sure that our Government is doing things I’m not aware of and that many of them are good for the nation and the world. However, the bi-partisan bull that is creating a divided nation and leaving matters unresolved needs to stop. Isn’t our government composed of mature, educated, responsible adults? Can’t they see that the bickering and inability to decide on clear initiatives is starting to snowball and leave politicians thinking that they’re supposed to act like little kids?
The branches within our government are supposed to balance the government and make sure that no person or party gains too much power, but are they supposed to act like wee little lads and cause problems just because they didn’t get their way in the past? Over the past several years I’ve read many articles and have seen several news broadcasts stating that branch X or politician X is going to make it hard for something to pass because that’s what was done to them in the past. Okay, Poli-idiots let’s just step back and remember why you were elected or appointed – to make decisions and initiate programs that are in the best interest of our nation and not your ego.
I got an idea; let’s spend millions and billions of dollars on researching eggs in Indonesia or on finding a way to grow greener grass. Let’s not focus all of our money and resources on things that will directly and immediately affect or nation. Who cares if our kids won’t have the same luxuries that our families have enjoyed for generations. Who cares if America is no longer a leader in technology or that our economy is slowly crumbling, let’s just keep bickering and not getting things done. What’s another year?
I’m not too sure if Presidential candidates used to act like little lassies before I was around, but I find it hard to believe that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln or FDR would run commercials that took deliberate stabs and their competition. I’m pretty sure that these men had principles and knew that our nation needed leaders as opposed to creative attacks on presidential candidates. I’m not sure about you, but I’m looking for a politician that can stand up and act as an adult would – can’t we get a role model? Is there a candidate that can talk about what our nation needs and how they’re going to address it as opposed to what X did and how that makes them unfit to lead our nation? I’ll admit that some candidates have given their opponents some nice compliments and that not all candidates take part in the name calling – when I see this happen, I listen a lot more.
I don’t know; I just wish we had a government of leaders with vision, focus, motivation and principles; a government that sees that our nation is faltering and realizes that it’s only a matter of time before we lose global influence and freedoms we’ve always enjoyed. Where are the leaders that can unite our nation and realize that a united nation is more powerful and more influential, leaders that understand that they need to work together and that aren’t afraid of losing a friend or two as opposed to selling out a nation? Where are our leaders of the past? We need leaders that make decisions and don’t take those decisions back when the media throws a little criticism in their face, but most importantly we need leaders that can lead and can be looked up to. Cheers to the Poli-idiots of today as it looks like they’re all we have!
I know, I know … I mean How F’d Are We anyway?
JG
