Hi,
Thought provoking questions abound. The presidential campaign is in full swing and the questions are flying fast and furious... But do we like the answers?
I get to play devils advocate in the USA. I'm just a legal resident with no voting privileges so I like to rattle the cage and see what people think and which way they are inclined to vote. It is an interesting seat to be sitting in. I get to hear a lot of opinions and since the people answering know that I am not a voter they are less inclined to try and sway me into agreeing with them and more likely to engage in an actual discussion of policies.
In general I get the feeling that no one is really happy with the state of the union or the power of unions or the union of same sex marriages.... Maybe it's the word 'union' they have issue with? We certainly don't seem 'united' about much right now. There is a huge cavern between the 'right' and the 'left' leaving a wasteland in the middle ground. The only thing sitting in that tundra is the economic debt load carried around like the elephant in the room that no one wants to address, and he is eating us out of house and home, literally.
Health care, insurance, education, morality, gun laws, welfare, national security.... Issues that desperately need attention and all I seem to hear is the 'he said' out of context quotes added to the mud slinging, and innuendo of impropriety from both sides. Is this really what elections have lowered themselves to? How sad for us all.
Prepared, canned responses to set up questions pretending to pose as viable answers just don't do it for me. I am not impressed. I need more and I'm betting so does everyone else. Why is it so difficult to state your case and stick to it? Waffling drives me crazy and these boys are hitting new highs and lows on promising the moon, the sun and the stars. Maybe that's why movies stars feel the need to get into the election-act so they are not eclipsed.
I am excited to see and hear the end of this race to the White House. One more political ad on TV is going to make me sick. November isn't coming fast enough.
xox
M
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