HEAVEN HELP US!

            If anyone can make sense of what is happening in all of the presidential campaigns please let us know!

            On one side you have Hilary Clinton who is anxiously awaiting the possible indictment for criminal charges regarding her email escapades and an admitted socialist whose greatest wish is to change the United States into another Greece (which is bankrupt), and on the other side a narcissistic egocentric billionaire blowhard who has the morals of an ally tomcat, whose claim is he has a lot of money and can make deals!

            Then there are other candidates who are blemished with the title of being part of the “establishment.” As a consequence they are considered the enemy of the people and part of the “good ol’ boy club” who has made political life a source of handsome paychecks and power.

            And there are many who fall into this category.

And finally there are the last of the group in political theater—the American voter.

Unfortunately there appears no one more inept and ignorant than those who cast votes. They seem unfamiliar with what is subjective and what is objective. Rather than rely on the history of the candidate the voter considers more about how they part their hair, if they smile a lot or if they can make more unattainable promises than the other guy they are running against. They will simply vote for the person who appeals to their emotions rather than their reason.

That’s the difference between subjective and objective.

If one were to take their vote seriously and consider the facts of where our nation is heading then a lot of these folks seeking office would be weeded out at the beginning. But that isn’t the case. Politicians have the uncanny ability to sell refrigerators to Eskimos and Condo time shares to jailed convicts. The old joke is a politician arrives in Washington D.C. in a 1977 Chevrolet station wagon and leaves after their term in a new Cadillac. In addition when they arrived they were nearly broke but after retirement most leave with millions in their bank accounts.

By the way, they also make the laws of the country.

But do all political servants meet the above standards? Fortunately, no. There are some reputable honest people who do not fall into the corrupt category. They do believe in America’s greatness and are fighting desperately to regain what has been lost. But to do so they will need to go a long, long way back.

As an example; you have the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The only difference between the two is that the Republican Party is exactly what the Democratic Party was 50 years ago. The American Constitution is now interrupted to be a “living document,” and this has resulted in changing our beliefs regarding, philosophy, traditions, morals and appetites for hedonistic pleasures upside down. What was once judged “wrong” is now “right” and vis-a- versa.

Simply put; error now has equal rights as truth no matter what your conscience dictates. As Barak Obama joyfully proclaimed, “…American is not a Christian nation.”

It’s insane.

Watching the republican debates a few days ago I was embarrassed at the performance between Donald Trump and Marco Rubio. The disgusting usage of vulgar innuendos, the bullying and child-like actions seemed things that you would expect out of the mouths of a third-grader! The difference is, as a parent, you would take that kid, swat him on his behind and send him to bed without supper! But in the political arena it’s all considered the name of the game. Issues apparently are not as important to debate as discrediting of the other person. Today it is understandable why only about half of the American people bother to vote. The pickings are slim. You seem no longer to be voting for someone but rather who you are voting against.

There was a book published some 75 years ago titled, “The Great Game of Politics.” The only thing that book has in common with today's practice of politics is the title.

Will the American people finally wake up? The way things are going this writer has little hope. Over the past 100 years we as a nation has progressively leaned towards the idea that government is designed to take care of us from birth to death. The idea today seems that government owes us! That we are entitled to benefits rather than having to work for them.

Government is the great womb and as its children we need to be cared for in all our decisions ranging from religion, work, education and a host of other things. Gone are the days when a person could seek their own rewards by the sweat of their own brow. We now have laws to prohibit such nonsense.

And that is the job of the politician. Make laws!

Meanwhile the average voter will sit back, scan the sports page, turn on the television and get briefed on how they should respond to all the propaganda spewed on their screen. It’s now all entertainment. It’s easy; you don’t need a brain.