Voting

I've been watching the American republican candidates as they travel the country begging for votes and it makes me glad I don't fall for their bulls..t anymore and it also makes me sad that politicians never change.

Has there ever been an election where the candidate didn't occasionally show up with his shirt sleeves rolled up and not wearing a tie? They are trying to portray themselves as just one of the common people, someone who can identify with our needs and wants and most of us fall for it. Most of us are able to forget that the politician pulls in millions of dollars a year and has never been poor in his life. Most of us think he really does want to make things better for us. I say bulls..t!

Mitt Romney could well beat Obama in the next election and he tries awfully hard to look like one of the masses but he can't erase that "privileged" persona. He can push his sleeves up all he wants but his manicure and upper class bearing insures he'll never be mistaken for a true working man. Not that regular working men don't sneak in a manicure now and then but it's fairly rare.

I wouldn't be surprised if, at one time, he's donned a cowboy shirt and cowboy boots to entice the farm vote. It's embarrassing, really, seeing to what extent these politicians will go to buy a vote. They'd wear a clown suit if there were enough clowns to make it worth their while.

Our elected officials can even be jailed for felonies and still almost count on being re-elected once they get out of jail. Many of us voters blind ourselves to the game so well that we're able to be convinced that a good old boy who dresses down and has the gift of gab is fit to lead us even if he's a criminal. I wonder when we'll wake up and open our eyes.

Mitt Romney isn't a criminal, so far as I know, but he isn't aiming to become president of the United States to do the common good. He's in it to continue robbing the poor to pay the rich...just like all of them.