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"Consistently choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."--Jerry Garcia
But how do we get more good people to run? Living under a microscope while constantly begging for campaign money doesn't sound very appealing to most people.
Good leaders. We vote for good leaders, not good people because nobody is perfect all the time and the press thinks it's their job to magnify any issue of they candidate they oppose. Press opposing or rooting for any candidate is an issue that endangers our nation more than any enemy because it is they are too powerful an influence now with 24/7 cable news. So, we should elect the person for what they believe in and not how perfect they might handle the press.
Good people would desire to run the nation in a fair and just manner. To make sure those that are at risk or falling through the cracks of society are helped. To educate the children to be better citizens. Find ways to fix the nation's infrastructure (better roads, waterways, airports, bridges, etc.). Would have a fix for immigration that takes into consideration that the amount of hate and sorrow already experienced on all sides helps out the forces of evil! They try their best to be honest and forth-coming with information.
Such people in this political atmosphere have absolutely no chance of being elected. A good conservative minded individual whose heart is in the right place, would be annihilated by liberals. The same would be vise versa. Even a moderate individual would be seen as just plain weak on many fronts. I think President Obama has proved that. So have several other senator's and representatives in both the Democratic and Republican Parties. The Tea Party does not have one 'good person' running for or in office right now. They have brought much hatred, sorrow, misery, and distrust to our country.
For many, President Obama was seen a the person that could....FINALLY....fix the growing chasm that was the political gulf between Democrats and Republicans. Try as he might to bridge that chasm, he failed. Not for a lack of trying, but those forces that really did not want him to succeed. Succeeding would have been a great lost of power onto them. Evil...CRAVES...power. Be it money, influence, designing the rules, or changing them to suit their whims. Many Republicans, some Democrats and all the Tea Party are part of this...evil....
To get good government, we'd need MANY good people to enter office at once. Not just into the White House, but the Senate and House. They would need to trust each other, and the public at large to give them some latitude to work with. Fixing the system to minimize corruption and destruction will not be easy. From how elections are run to placing a few good judges into the US Supreme Court.
Perhaps the 'system' of defining Americans as: Liberals, Conservatives, Moderates, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Tea Party....is wrong. May we Americans should rethink the idea of government as our founding fathers did. Taking in what we do not like, and thus, creating something that brings more liberty and fairness for all into the country.
Not an easy road....
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