I am a politician, therefore I lie!
Is the cause of all the lies the drive to win? What does
that say about the morals with which our prospective politicians are conducting
themselves? I think it speaks volumes, and everyone is wrong. The drive to win
should not outweigh the ability to remain honest during the elections. The
entire political arena seems to have accepted that twisting the truth is okay. And people not only believe the lies, they cast their ballots based upon it. Well it is not okay with me. I strongly believe we should do away with the current
political party system and start over!
That is my solution, let’s start over. Establish new
political parties and regulate the way they are able to campaign. The
regulation is the key, establish the committee and give them the power to
regulate it. Part of the regulations should be no lies or twisted truths can be
used during the campaign. Only factual based positive comments. That way the
whole election is based on the accomplishments and past track records of the
respective candidate’s performance. I know most of you reading this are
probably saying it wouldn't work. But if you made it to where the regulators
could fine them or shut them down it would. I know I wouldn't get so upset with
the whole process if it were all true and upbeat.
Jason maybe it would work, however that is a system that will never come to full term. To go back hundreds of years to the very beginning, the same corruption and dishonesty was occuring however their advantage was that they didn't have the fast pace moving media and social media that we do today. They might have it in a flyer or a newspaper a month or two after the occurrence
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with creating a regulatory group. However, I do not believe that it is feasible to all campaigns to reason with positive honesty in their campaigns. There are some pretty negative truths about our elected officials and hopefuls. It would only be fair for them present those truths as well as the positive ones. Past track record hold flowers and skeletons and the public needs to know. That all being said I do believe that campaigning would do far better if it had regulators minding the playing field. Great read!
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