Ahh,the upcoming elections. Acid reflux,anyone?
I don’t think it is just me but are most of the candidates acting like naughty children who need to be sent to the principal’s office for annoying most of the country?
Does the Dummies for President Rule Book include chapters on the fine art of being a playground bully who glares at their opponent with nostrils flaring, to hiring your second cousin to dig up dirt about what some candidates did when they were young (and trust me ,there is nearly a whole generation (except for my sister) who did “stuff” back then and who now won’t run for office because they know that they will be hung out to dry) to spending millions of dollars so they can make up some real nasty stuff about the other guy or Hillary? I mention Hillary by name because she is the only girl running. And I’m a girl.
I watched some of the debates on the days when I wanted to feel like all hope for this country was lost. I have to say if I acted like some of the candidates do, my TV privileges would have been taken away for a week.
I have been thinking hard about the November election and I am excited about the possibility of this country going in a new direction, but if the candidates don’t start acting like politicians that young kids will strive to emulate when they grow up, or as honest statespeople that we adults can admire, respect and vote for then I just might not vote twice in November.
Tags: life coaching, observational humor, politics
February 15th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Aw, c’mon, Bets!
Caroline Kennedy was inspired by her teenage kids’ who were inspired by Barack Obama. I have a lot of respect for Hilary and was undecided until I was inspired by my 19-year-old who heard Barack speak in Washington Square last year.
I think Bill, whom I loved, alas, went WAY too negative; moreso than Barack’s campaign… I also think that 20 years of either a Bush or a Clinton is a little too weirdly dynastic, when all is said and done. Hillary could have done the job, but she’s sort of a victim of her choices. Maybe she should be a life coach? Or maybe she should do like Ted Kennedy and become a legend as a US Senator…? Or maybe Barack will make her Secretary of State…
I agree that going negative is just plain bad, but I detected just a whiff of Hilary-protectionism in that post… say it ain’t so!
February 17th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
What’s wrong w/a little Hillary-protectionism? Lately, I feel like that’s the role the media and the Obama campaign has cast me into. She’s always been vilified; yet 1/2 of the democratic voters in the country want her to be the next president. If you watch the news however, you wouldn’t know that — because they talk about Obama as if he has a giant lead (when they’re really only separated by a handful of delegates). The media wants Obama to win. (Which is fine with me, as long as we have a democrat in office Jan. 20, 2009 I’m OK.) But I’m sick to death of the media reporting things incorrectly.