01-29-2010, 12:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-29-2010, 12:10 PM by Peregrinus.)
What resonates with me would be ballots that were listed as such:
[ ] POOR CANDIDATE
[ ] BAD CANDIDATE
[ ] CORRUPT CANDIDATE
[ ] WORST CANDIDATE
[X] NONE OF THE ABOVE, nominate four new possibles!
Eventually, there would be one worthwhile. The one I would like to see would be the one that didn't want to be there, the one who had had a difficult life, the one who had empathy for others, who told the truth above all, and who felt it was above him/her to rule others. THAT would be a good politician.
It's not that I feel like I am not participating, nor stopping living, or living in fear. I am simply not giving MY power over to those that do not deserve it. I do not say "Here is a nice barrel. I am now going to bend over it. Have your way with me as you please." As far as I see it now, people just pick the one that gives the best performance, kind of like voting for their favorite actor, and in todays world, that could be the one and the same. People don't look at track records, at history, at the personal values. They vote for the one they like, and as thus hear what they want to hear, and see what they want to see. How on earth else would have GW, a man I am surprised finished his grade 6 education, have come to power?
[ ] POOR CANDIDATE
[ ] BAD CANDIDATE
[ ] CORRUPT CANDIDATE
[ ] WORST CANDIDATE
[X] NONE OF THE ABOVE, nominate four new possibles!
Eventually, there would be one worthwhile. The one I would like to see would be the one that didn't want to be there, the one who had had a difficult life, the one who had empathy for others, who told the truth above all, and who felt it was above him/her to rule others. THAT would be a good politician.
It's not that I feel like I am not participating, nor stopping living, or living in fear. I am simply not giving MY power over to those that do not deserve it. I do not say "Here is a nice barrel. I am now going to bend over it. Have your way with me as you please." As far as I see it now, people just pick the one that gives the best performance, kind of like voting for their favorite actor, and in todays world, that could be the one and the same. People don't look at track records, at history, at the personal values. They vote for the one they like, and as thus hear what they want to hear, and see what they want to see. How on earth else would have GW, a man I am surprised finished his grade 6 education, have come to power?