I've Had It With Election Up To Here! If You Figure Out Where "Here" Is, Go Up Higher!

Fuggedaboutit!

In the Good Ole USofA we are always having elections. It’s one of the pain-in-the-butt things we have to put up with because we live in a Democratic Country. I do not want to change that but the Politicians keep making us shout, “Aghhhh!” while they run for office.

They take advantage of us because we have a propensity to believe what they tell us during their campaigns for office because we want to believe what they tell us during their campaigns for office.

I once heard a leader of one of our political parties say, ‘Yea, Yea Politicians Say A Lot of Things When They Run for Office’. (I used single quotes because the quote is not exact but it is the essence of what she said.)

She gave this response when asked about something one of her elected party members was doing in office that was in contradiction to what he had said he was going to do before he was elected. 

The saddest part is she laughed when she said it. Watching her laugh made me feel Gullible and a Bit Silly that I had believed her guy.

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While running for election one of our New State Governors promised to, “Fix the Damn Roads”. When she said, “Fix the Damn Roads” during a debate it was suggested that to do that she would need to raise gas taxes by $0.20 a gallon. She labeled this contention as “ridiculous”. 

After being elected her first budget proposal contained an increase in the gasoline tax of $0.45 a gallon.

She then admitted that much of her new tax to fix those roads wasn’t going to be used for fixing those roads.

The slogan to “Fix the Damn Roads” was effective. It is sad that, all too often, we vote for slogans and, all too often, we end up feeling Gullible and a Bit Silly.

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This Blog Posting could have ended with the word “Silly” above but this horse ain’t dead yet.

Recently a politician was found keeping his campaign promises and he came in for criticism because he was actually keeping his Campaign Promises. His opposition actually said (single quotes again)…

'The only reason he is doing this is to keep a Campaign Promise'

Keeping a Campaign Promise sounds like a good reason to do something after you are elected because you made Campaign Promises to get elected but what do I know I’m Gullible and a Bit Silly.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella