To Set The Record Straight...

When I tell people that I am a moderate, they approach the idea with disbelief at best. It happened again today. But I really, really am.

Not only that, but I am, by default, distrustful of politics and politicians. Yes, even President Obama, although I feel like he's done better than anyone since Carter. I think that he has a long way to go to get my full support, though. For my money, he's not nearly liberal enough. Our ship of state is starting to hew so far to the right that it's in danger of capsizing, and I'd love to see a true liberal with the balls to try to go so far left that it balances out a little.

Basically, I think that the agenda of ALL politicians in America today is to get you to vote for them instead of the other guy. Democrat, republican, libertarian, whatever Mike Gravel is… ALL Of them. That's it. And that's honestly the only way that I can explain about half of what comes out of John Boehner's mouth. He seems like a smart guy, so I have a hard time believing that he actually BELIEVES it.

This is also why I'm constantly pressing people to get involved. Vote for the guy or gal that you REALLY LIKE… not the one that you think will win. The downside to that, of course, is that most of today's republicans will march to the polls like little robots and vote for whomever the party throws up for them. So they'd probably win a lot of more often until more of them sober up like they did in 2008.

Peace.

Rev Randal