Smoke and Mirrors

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Former President Bush was in office for eight years for a couple of reasons. First, votes mysteriously went missing in Florida where a certain relative was in office. Second, citizens did not exercise their right to petition for impeachment. Third, voters gave up on the power in their vote and did not bother to vote during the second term. Granted that second term would have been like voting for the lesser of two evils, but that was no excuse not to vote. We did not step up as a country like we should have to nip the problem in the bud.

Our problem is that being a voter is work. Real work. A voter must be informed. A voter must be willing to do more than watch the approved messages – more than watching the news. A voter is a go-getter of information. A voter is a mouth piece and has open discussions with friends and neighbors about the real issues. A voter makes no excuses for being duped eight years down the road because they go into the term with their eyes wide open. A voter has power.

This is a power to hire and to terminate. Often the power to terminate goes unused. This failure in use of power is now being taken advantage of by our employees. How? In this term alone newly voted in officials took buyouts and left office. New factions and cliques are popping up within government and refusing to work together. Everyone hired has their own personal agenda instead of the people’s expressed best interest. (Also, referred to as insubordination.) We’re being bombarded with new “parties” by the second as a diversion, but it is time to get back to basics.

During this mid-term election voters will research candidates voting records, review past interviews and put candidates’ integrity under the microscope lens. Voters will systematically cross off the names of candidates who don’t fit. Candidates should watch out because the boss is back in the office. We won’t walk blindly into another term of political disaster. Work together or go home.