***RANT ALERT***RANT ALERT***

You know the old wive’s tale about becoming more patient as you get older?
Forget about it. Ain’t true.

As I’ve been following the presidential campaigns with considerable interest (since the country is in critical condition), I’m getting pretty tired of the circus.

A few news flashes for you, dear politicians…

I don’t want you to just tell me what you think I want to hear. I want you to show me that you have some understanding of real world issues and tell me the truth.

I don’t want to deal with the mud-slinging and slander. If you’re willing to tell every lie you can dream up to sleaze your way into office, it proves you have no honor.

I don’t want to hear the tirades about what your opponent hasn’t done—tell me what YOU’RE going to do.

I don’t want you to parade some moose-hunting Avon lady in front of me because you figured women would just side with ANY woman.

A commentator I saw on tv recently described it well. She called it using “Weapons of Mass Distraction”. Let’s stick to the issues and fold up the circus tents, shall we?

Am I COMPLETELY satisfied with the Obama/Biden platform and the way they’ve handled their campaign?
Of course not. But at the moment, I have a helluva lot more respect for them than the Barnum and Bailey Mavericks. I’m pretty sick of all the bullshit.

And maybe I’m strange, but if the people of this country continue to accept that this is how the game’s supposed to be played, and settle for being treated like dull-witted second-class citizens whose only purpose is to pay taxes and fight wars for the wealthy, then we fucking deserve what we get.