Pandering Their Way to the Mid-Terms
Nothing sacred in this national 'musical chairs' of mid-term politics, as both parties out-shame themselves for the power to say who will eat and who will serve.
Headlines like “GOP Eyes Jewish Vote” and “Democrats Scrambling To Organize Voter Turnout” are symptomatic of a political system gone awry.
The struggle for ‘air-time’ has replaced the struggle for thoughtful solution and ‘running for their base’ rather than offering alternatives is now a knee-jerk response to election. Perception replaces reality.
Like the camel who asks only for his head in the tent, the past three decades of political ‘freedoms’ have given us a tent with all camel and damned little else.
Freedom of speech has been warped into the freedom to raise (and therefore pocket) money
Which has brought us elections overwhelmingly distorted by cash-rich incumbents
Which inspires the flagrant ‘purchase’ of power by those willing to pay for it
Which, in turn, widens the national gap between those who have it all and those who…