Politics... Ugh

OK, so it's voting season here in the states.  everyone is up in arms, hating one candidate and loving another.  Clogging all our news feeds with political propaganda in the process.  Is this a bad thing?  Not necessarily, but sometimes...  ok yeah, it's pretty bad.

It seems that most people love AND hate politics, you feel passionate about either a candidate or his party, and likely you hate the other candidate.  That's how this process works, is the other guy a bad person?  No, but his opponent will make damn sure you think he is.  Obama is a terrorist loving apologetic no religion America hater (did I get enough in there?)  and Romney....  He hates poor people, gays, women and everyone that isn't a Romney.  Are the allegations true?  Not really, I mean some may have a tiny ounce of truth, but mainly they are simply over embellished and used to flood the social media to discredit their opponents.

So here is why I love politics, just like the Moderator of the last debate said at the end "go out and vote, it makes you feel big and strong", He said something like that anyway.  It's true though, having a say in the decisions that our government makes is what separates us from dictatorships.  and In an election year, there's a massive sense of comradery between you and your party.  The republicans will rally together and make new friends, the Democrats will do the same.  When someone puts a post on Facebook, five people will come out of the woodwork that you haven't spoken to in years and "like" the status.  Others will comment on how "wrong" it is and then BOOM.  Debate.  On a side note, friendships will be broken and relatives will be crucified.  I'll cover that in more detail below.  But politics may not be "fun" some may find them boring, or hard to follow.  "I am one man, what power do I have?"  I know people that feel this way and let me tell you, the power I have from voting is more power than you have for not voting.  A funny comic strip that was posted on facebook made the joke that my vote would cancel out someone that I hate's vote.  and maybe that's true.  But more to the point, your vote means you pay attention to your country, you have a side, you stand by that side and you stand up for your beliefs.

So why do I also HATE politics?
Easy.  Hatred exists in the world, ignorance exists in the world, and so many of those people LOVE spreading their filth.  Politics can become a giant argument over issues that have nothing to do with the actual election, or a candidates qualifications.  Further more, sometimes people become so enraged that they stop thinking about their own candidate and just hate on the opponent.  If you want me to vote republican, tell me why Romney is qualified and why he will be a good President.  Don't just tell me that Obama falsified his birth certificate and he hates America.  Both of those things are stupid and don't help your cause.  The same thing goes for Democrats (yes I am biased because I am a Democrat, but don't think for one second it doesn't go both ways).  Do you remember the Bush Administration?  yeah, we Democrats HATED the guy, we called him stupid and ignorant every single day.  And I admit that I didn't really like John Kerry all that much, but I sure as hell didn't want another term of Bush...  That's the way the political process morphs, instead of rallying around your guy, you just smear the other guy.

So this political season, go out and vote.  Educate yourself about the two parties, and if you hate them both, vote for someone else...  I am told that with enough votes I could be president.  Imagine that, we'd have 3 day weekends and cake for lunch every day.  I'd focus every dollar we had on transporter technology because I hate traffic (see other post).  And I would bomb Canada, they just seem to easy.

Voting is easy.  Voting smart, that's another story.