10 things I've learned about politics

10. I've learned that, just like people will take little segments out of the Bible and distort them to fit their belief systems, they will do the same in politics. They will take one line out of a speech or debate and twist it to mean what they think it should mean. The politician will go back many times and say "That is NOT what I said" and prove that it was out of context, but the commercials blasting the person will play over and over and the other person's supporters will use it in every single argument.

9. We all believe what we want to believe. No matter the truth and facts presented to us, we like to put our blinders on.  I've watched debates on Facebook, where when facts are presented, the other person simply stops talking. The blinders were put on and their head was buried in the sand so they don't know the truth.

8. There will always be people who shouldn't vote. The way our nation is set up, a person with a felony is denied the privilege to vote. I think we should let them vote. But, we should take away the right to vote from all the stupid people. If you are voting simply because of a person's race (black or white) or their religion, or strictly based on their party and not their policy, you are too stupid to vote! If you are voting for someone thinking they are going to make you rich or pay your bills, you shouldn't be allowed to vote! Maybe we need to have a high school degree or GED in order to vote. If you haven't finished school, haven't done all the required courses in civics and government, how can you be allowed to vote in something you don't fully understand??

This lady might not be the best to vote. She seems to have voted, thinking that her mortgage and gas would no longer be a problem. The way she talks makes it sound like if she can't pay her bills, she can just call up President Obama's personal line and he'll fix it all for her.

On the other hand, this family probably shouldn't be voting either! This is NOT America's finest at least I hope.

7. The electoral college is an archaic method and needs to be replaced. The system was put into place by the founding fathers as a way to help the smaller states be held as equal as the larger states. The problem is that it does not truly give each of a chance to 'have our voice be heard'. When you hear the saying 'every vote matters', it isn't necessarily true under the current system. It defeats the purpose of letting us, the citizens, have a right of who we want to be our president. I truly believe that we can likely end up in this election with one of the candidates walking away as the winner of the popular vote, but losing the election because of the electoral college.

6. The best candidate is usually in one of the 3rd parties, but with our 2 party system, it makes it hard for them to ever win an election. 

5. Both the democratic and republican parties have become so corrupt that voting for either party is like voting for satan himself!

4. Elections bring out the worse in people. Friends can be totally split apart during the election season. Thank goodness that the big elections only come around once every 4 years!! I'd probably be pretty lonely if we had the big elections every year. We all, including myself, have an opinion and we all think we are right! 

3. For the most part, we all truly want what is best for our country. While there are some who vote for other reasons (see #8), most people love their country and want to see it succeed. We may not all agree on what is 'best', but we all want it. 

2. All the political ads WILL come to an end! I was thinking the other day, wondering what the commercials after the election will be like. It seems like it's been awhile since we've seen anything BUT political ads!

1. No matter what happens, life will go on. It may be altered drastically and we may have to find new ways to earn income and provide for our families, but the day after the election isn't the Apocolypse, although I have a feeling that it's going be feel like it!