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
