Daily Ramblings

[waya3k]

It's election season again. As I have talked to various people about politicans and the election process it seems like everyone is of the opinion that politicians are corrupt and greedy to one degree or another. My question is this...why do you elect them then

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[sventhelost]

As one of my co-workers pointed out, we elect people who are good at getting elected, not necessarily at doing their jobs, especially for high-profile jobs like the presidency.

I know I complain a lot about politics, but this is the first year I've considered getting involved in at least the primaries. I have finally begun to understand a bit about how the process works, and I don't like that the primaries produce the most extreme candidates in most cases, because I like moderates who might at least compromise on SOMETHING instead of song-and-dancing around everything.

One problem is that it seems to take a LOT of time to get really involved to the point you can make a difference, and a lot of people (well, me, anyway) don't have a lot of spare time to get involved in this stuff. I recognize that really that means I have less grounds to complain, 'cause I haven't been as involved as I could be.

Um...am I rambling yet?