No matter what arena you are in, baseball, football, ice hockey; you will never find an arena where the participants are more willing to draw blood as they do in politics. In order to get the upper hand, politicians are willing to cut their opponent so deep that there is no way to treat the injury.
Sadly, this is not just in major elections like national, state or local but also in smaller ones like Home Owners Association board elections. I know this because, as much as I hate politics, I'm running for the Board of Directors in my Home Owners Association.
I hate politics because I don't know if I should believe anything that a politician says. They can tell their constituents anything that they want to get elected and then turn around and do the exact opposite. Trust and honestly is one concept that I believe has gone running, screaming from politics.
We have politicians that are claiming to be for the masses and want to do what is best for their constituents while at the same time saying that they will deny rights to certain groups or will deny someone the right to manage their own lives (gay rights and abortion issues).
You have some that are saying that they are for "Family Values" and that this is a Christian nation and that they want to bring it back to God while at the same time having affairs and spending millions of dollars using attack ads to belittle their opponent because he is running for the other party.
So, how do you know that you can trust the person that you are voting for? You don't know. Unfortunately, the best that you can do is look at the person and vote your conscience. In the end, politicians are suppose to be representing you in that office and should be focusing on YOUR needs over their own.
Anyone that is running for any kind of office, whether it be for an HOA Board or National should be able to answer one basic question without hesitation; "How, in detail, you are going to improve the
If the politician is running for reelection, then you can look at their voting record on issues and bills to see if they voted the way that you would have.
In the end, we should be really digging deep into these people running for office. If they are a rich guy running for a high office and they have no previous political experience, chances are they are just looking for a seat of power and have no real interest in the needs of the constituency especially if they have a tainted background. (Rick Scott in Florida)
