Welcome to the new year! Imus has returned, on WABC77 from NY. It's a US Presidential Election year, meaning $MILLIONS$ of dollars thrown away on regurgitation of "messages" to sway our votes. The current situation in American politics is an environment of lies and the lying liars, well, you've heard that song and dance. How any of us regular citizens are supposed to figure out who these people really are and why we should care, it's a real mystery!
When do you start to pay attention to all this nonsense? Are you one of the responsible voters who participate in the caucuses and primaries? Do you hang back and watch as candidates implode? Do you wait patiently for the summer conventions and go with the party candidate? I've always found this interesting.
Many people I've talked to about this have a two path theory. Both paths are directly related to your family. First path is follow the family pattern, vote the pary line. Second path is do ANYTHING other than what the rest of your family does! I come from a strong Republican family and I'm a strict INDEPENDENT. I guess that means I follow the second path.
I take my voting priviledges very seriously, and I choose my candidate with great care, considering everything from personal history, to legal problems to vision for the future, or lack thereof. I don't like when candidate talk down to the public. I do like when a campaign gives voters a chance to get close, be a part of the process and acknowledges the value of our democracy. In recent American politics this concept is becoming rare.
So, if you feel so moved, I'd love to hear your comments on our political process. If you're in NH this week, collect a few buttons for me. This year should be a wild ride!
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