Thursday, May 24, 2012

Election Day Is The New "Groundhog Day!"

Ever since I was in high school I always wondered why every 4 years, presidential candidates would spend billions—and recently hundreds of millions—of dollars in tax-free contributions and donations to obtain a job that only pays $400,000 a year. As an adult driven to observe, analyze, and report, it finally dawned on me that it’s about power…at least for most individuals who accept seek the position.
Albeit a cynical conclusion, as Americans, we delude ourselves with the belief that the majority of our elected officials have our best interests at heart; we spend hours in barbershops, in bars, online, and in each other’s faces putting down the incumbents and boosting up challengers for reasons which adhere more to belief and baseless faith more than a clear analysis of facts and application of reason (see: “Our Politicized Thinking Explained”).
And although at times both Republicans and Democrats are right about some issues, both political parties are overly-beholden to Big Money and corporate/special interests, which often results in scandal (see: “Congressional Ethics & Why We Deserve Corrupt Officials”)—and we as citizens often forget that the ideological distinctions between these two political entities become irrelevant when we ignore that particular fact.
In addition, we allow all of the rhetoric about “socialism” and “class warfare” to obfuscate the true class warfare—the political class and their monied benefactors vs. the rest of us (see: "The Sin of Congressional Perks")! To that end, I found a great graphic message which reflects the greater truth of the upcoming election.



3 comments:

  1. A liberal, a conservative, and a moderate walk into a bar. The bartender says, “Hi Mitt!”

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  2. Haven't been here in a minute! THAT was funny! By the way....love the poster! I'm going to steal both (the joke and the poster)!!!

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  3. Thank you. I actually think and believe both Obama and Romney are both moderates who are opposite sides of the same coin. Both seem willing and capable of legislating from the sanity of the mainstream middle, but both also seem beholden to Big Money...which is probably the fault of most Americans, who do not seem to be inclined to vote for anyone who isn't backed by virtue of a powerful political message alone but by enormous financing. Also, because the political right in America has become more conservative than in the previous decades, both must kow-tow to their influence.

    BTW, that joke WAS funny!

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