Politics 2010: Tired Of The Same Old, Same Old?
November elections and reelections are less than one year away. The incumbents and candidates are squaring off, starting to play political hardball. History repeats itself and no one seems to learn any lessons from it.
November elections and reelections are less than one year away. The incumbents and candidates are squaring off, starting to play political hardball. History repeats itself and no one seems to learn any lessons from it.
The economy still is a mess at the national and state levels, but there is no shortage of “Elmer Gantry” types promising rain if your land is parched, money if your wallet is filled with cob webs and a much better life if you need one. Heck, most of us do need a better life.
The same old, same old is that we are being offered empty promises.
I am glad to see the “juices” flowing around the nation, even though a lot of it is misplaced anger and arrogance. Many people are getting more agitated and involved. Many want that better life, but few know how to get there. Many are unhappy with our legislators, but there are no clear answers on how to reform our Congress. Also, there are few solutions to cleaning house on the state and local levels.
An ancient Latin saying exclaims: “Belua multorum es capitum” – The people are a many-headed beast and nowhere is it observed better than in the political arena and especially during election time. The same incumbents get reelected every year even if they are doing a lousy job. It is an enigma worth viewing and one that needs a solution.
Those who run consistently are wealthy and have special interests. Being wealthy with special interests is one thing, using that wealth and power continuously against the best interests and majority of people is the problem and that’s exactly what many career politicians do.
We all see this at the national, state and local levels.
I am a Republican; however, I have always distrusted and disliked this sort of political maneuvering. In particular, I dislike a person professing to belong to one party when in reality, they have a different focus and action plan. It occurs too frequently with Democrats AND Republicans. On the national level, it is like Senator Joe Lieberman, another parasite out for his own good. Much as an unethical used car salesman, he will say and promise one thing, yet will change his story depending on who is listening.
In Texas at the state level, Representative Patrick Rose and at the local level Hays County Commissioner Jeff Barton act with the same longtime practice of deception. They profess to be Democrats and run under that party umbrella, but their voting history and actions show they are NOT Democrats. Historically their actions and voting are as Texas Republicans. However, year after year they get reelected.
The same old, same old is that this is occurring throughout the nation at all levels of government. The “many-headed beast” still reelects the deadwood incumbents.
It is the deception by these people and how they do so little for the community good that will have me voting for their opponents. I will vote for the candidates opposing Governor Rick Perry, Patrick Rose, Jeff Barton and others like them.
They are like sharks in a feeding frenzy. They are natural in their habitat, but you don’t want to be in their vicinity when they are feeding and doing what comes naturally to them.
They continue to do what they do because we permit it.
I also heard that former Representative Rick Green is running for some office again. Here’s the guy who got so angry and frustrated and then physically attacked Patrick Rose. The guy should be in jail, but he’s out running for political power again.
“Birds of a feather flock together.” Get ready for the same old, same old.
Peter Stern, a former director of information services, university professor and public school administrator, is a disabled Vietnam veteran who lives in Driftwood., Texas.
