It’s important for our country. It’s important for our planet, picking a new world leader, so I turn on the news. Someone is either interviewing trump to hear what he wants to say, or they are interviewing someone else to hear what they think about what trump said. Within twenty seconds I have my fill of politics and turn off the news. I tape the debates but can’t stand to watch them.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the conversations around presidential politics were carried on at an adult level, and the candidates would only say things that are true? This is not a reference to trump, this is about all the candidates, regardless of party. They could talk about their vision for the future and what they would like to do, rather than trying to outdo each other’s hyperbole about how bad their predecessor is, or knowingly distort how bad all the other candidates are. They wouldn’t claim they are going to do things we all know they can’t do. It’s not like we’re all being misled. We know it’s bullshit, but it’s just part of the process.
In a way it’s like every guilty person walking into court and declaring “not guilty” and getting their best possible defense, to see what they can get away with. We know right from the start that guilty people are trying to take advantage of the protection that innocent people need; but knowing that, we still have to sort through it every time.
Maybe though, if candidates only told the truth, focused on what they wanted to do, and didn’t promise what they can’t do, then there wouldn’t be so much to talk about anymore. The airways would be empty. It would be a very quiet election season.
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