A Deluded Democracy

So, here we are about two years after the presidential elections, and the conservative pundits are still talk'n smack about the Obama administration. The word out is that Obama promised us change, and what we got was more of the same. How deluded are we really?  There hasn't been a politician at any time in memorable history that hasn't run on a ticket of change.

That's why they run for office; they all want to change things.

I'm one of the neutered, I have had all of the democracy sucked right out of me. As a neutered person, and an objective realist, I might add; I'm not afraid to mention that I'm also a cynic.

For those of you who sing the song, but don't know what it means; Randon House defines a cynic as a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view. 

So, if for nothing more than the entertainment value of my writing, if an honest politician were going to run for President of the United States, he/she wouldn't stand an ice cubes chance in hell of getting elected. The very pre-requisite for winning an election is making the most popular promises so as to attract the most votes.

Once elected, it doesn't matter what happens afterwards, four years later, the pension is out of this world, not to mention the millions of dollars even the most despicable president makes on speaking engagments.

If you stop to consider the whole objective truth, this country only functions for half of the people at a time, while the other half can't wait to undo what the current administration is doing. We are an evolved people, the problems we have here pale in comparison to what goes on elsewhere in the world. Ah but I digress.    

Getting back to our deluded Democracy.  When was the last time you heard a candidate for president tell you the honest truth? If we had a candidate that told the truth, I would vote for that person, and I may well be the only one. 

if you heard the truth it would probably go like this... ready?  here we go...

"The business of running this country is no different from any other country in the world. In the national arena, as in the states, and in the cities and the smallest of towns, on every level across the nation, governments are manipulated by those people who make large sums of money by playing with the system.

"Pay-to-Play" permeates every level of our government. What goes on entails taking advantage of loopholes in the law, which is perfectly legal but inherently immoral, and at other times it entails corrupting elected and non-elected officials to subvert the system for personal gain. That gain always comes from the treasury of our tax dollars. You, the neutered masses, the voiceless citizens, the heavily taxed will bitch and complain, but no one will hear you.   

This is how things have always been and I, as your elected [fill-in-the-blank], will never be in any position to change that. If I ever lead you to believe otherwise, call me liar. There is too much money and too much influence involved, and those powerful folks will never allow a temporarily elected fool like myself to pull the plug on the sources of their gains. There is nothing that I can do to change the fundamental underlying moral fiber of American politics. So, vote for me! Because it won't make any bit of difference whether I or my opponent spends the next four years in office."

The controversies between Republicans and Democrats are as ludicrous as the night is dark. They are only driven by the next election, playing in a sandbox with limits set for them by corporate America and the few moguls that have more money than most small nations.

Republicans and Democrats alike, both equally dysfunctional, each with the gall to think they know better about what's good for all of us when they don't even know what's good for themselves. If we cannot lead this nation with a single united goal of eliminating the corrupting influences of the rich and famous, and if the only choices we allow ourselves is left or right, Dems or Reps, anal retentive or anal expulsive, then we're stuck in this see-saw existence of never ending stagnation.

The only road to real change is to boycott the next election, not a single vote cast anywhere. Imagine what would happen if on election night, the two actors running for president are eagerly waiting for the outcome, the talking heads on television are talking; and no one showed up to vote.


 The American people deserve a lot better that to have to choose from between liar number one and liar number two. I suspect that for as long as we can text each other, lease a new car every three years, footballs are snapped on Sundays, and there is plenty of cold beer on hand, we'll put up with anything. Pass back the vaseline, will ya!