REALITY?: Politics as More Than Usual

Big elections coming up in November and already, in the heat of July, the lies fly. It’s all bullshit, always has been, always will be, but I’m seeing that this year, more than I’ve noticed before, the political ads and interviews are completely useless in choosing your candidate. Unless, of course, you’re of the vote-your-party-mind or the new kid on the block which is the vote-out-every-bastard-holding-office opinion. Personally, I’ll likely do as I always do, dig into their past achievements. Since the Democrats are singing the same song as the Republicans that all of a sudden the most important thing on the agenda (particularly in Connecticut) is creating jobs and cutting taxes, there’s little to be gained by listening to the campaign speeches. Cripes, we’ve got everybody pulling for the middle-class, maybe even for the middle-aged instead of the usual front-runners, the poor and the kids. This may well be a first. At least they’re all smart enough to recognize the importance of what’s going to decide their political careers, if not holding an honest recognition of the issues. And as always, all they have to do is convince voters that they believe what they’re promising.