Caveat – my leanings are leftward. I do believe in a liberal society. I do think we should have better gun control, legal abortions, combat racism and national health care. Okay, now that’s out of the way….
What the fuck are people thinking about when voting for idiots like Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Matt Gaetz, Bobert, and this joker Santos? People voted for them!!
MTG says the most outrageously idiotic things, and then yells out “liar,” when Biden is giving a speech to the nation.Gaetz has molested underage women. Santos hasn’t told the truth in a very long time. Has Donald Trump simply made lying ‘okay?’ I grew up thinking that lying was a bad thing. Now it seems that either it doesn’t matter, or perhaps it’s a means to the end of getting elected.
And this guy McCarthy is now 3rd in line to the Presidency. He doesn’t seem to have any strong feelings about policy or doing what’s right the American people, even for his own constituents. He simply prioritizing being in power. He was willing to compromise almost everything in order to become Speaker of the House. So many more principled people would have said “no thanks” to such demands. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney. I may not agree with many of their (conservative) positions, but at least they have integrity and represent themselves honestly.
Are so many people in the USA simply stupid? Or are they committed to their positions on particular social issues (pick one – abortion? banning CRT? ) so deeply that they would vote for a candidate who professed(?) to advocate such positions, regardless of their integrity. For chrissakes, many people in Georgia voted for Herschel Walker. They all (mostly?) knew that he’s an idiot amongst other failings. They voted for him simply because he was the Republican candidate and they wanted the seat.
Wow. People who grow up with values are more considerate when choosing their representatives. We might vote for a candidate because we believe he/she represents what we want in office – honesty, integrity, hard work, and policies that we agree with…not just because he/she is a democrat or a republican or a socialist or a green party, or other.
I find the state of the “system” in the United States today to be awfully frustrating. I’m not quite sure if it’s because it’s worse then ever, or because I’m older and more curmudgeonly than ever. I read recently (read Jon Meacham’s new book; it’s excellent) that when Abraham Lincoln was elected, a group of people stormed the capital to prevent his election, even threatening the vice president, hoping he would not certify the electoral college vote. It was in March rather than on January 6th, but still…
I guess some amount of divisiveness is inherent in the system. Politics is messy by design. It is also the case in running a company. Making strategy decisions is messy by design, and better decisions come from diversity of opinion and vigorous debate. Decisions are made and people move on, rarely going to lengths to sabotage the decisions made. We need more people with integrity in office. I think Joe Biden is an honest guy. He’s too old to run for President again, but at least he’s trying hard to do what’s right and he doesn’t seem to be lying to us. For me, that’s a win.
Enough for now.
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