When election time roles around what is everyone talking about? Its generally not the issues at hand, I mean sure they might think about them a bit on their own but other than a minority of people who love discussing politics people don’t pay a ton of attention to the current issues that the politicians are supposed to resolve. So then what do they pay attention to? The party and the candidates is who. It really comes down to whether you are voting for the corrupt business loving Republicans or the socialist money grubbing Democrats. Their current figurehead is important in the decision because, contrary to popular sayings looks, promises, speeches, lies, they all matter.
Its funny that we’ve come down to this as a nation, are you blue or are you red? If I vote Republican people will generally think one way of me, whether good or bad, if I vote Democrat they will think another, whether good or bad, but it really comes down to these two parties. Whatever happened to the third party, or even a fourth (God forbid that people should have to think that much), why can’t we have real choice? I don’t want the two parties one of which is usually just as bad as the other, maybe just a little more in line with my beliefs/politics. I wouldn’t mind voting a few Libertarians into office, or Constitutional party members. Heck its even pretty cool when Independents get in.
So I guess what I’m trying to get across is, don’t vote down party lines, vote for the person that is honest, that will listen to the people that voted him/her in and that stands for what you stand for. They don’t have to be Democratic or Republican, and I wish that fewer of those were voted in so that we could get some perspective in office.
Stay tuned for a post about terms in office…. 
