I’ve been a republican for as long as I can remember, but only because I’ve followed in my parent’s footsteps.  Over the past few years I have dug into politics to find out the real scoop.  I have remained a republican, although sometimes I find myself straddling the fence.  Unfortunately, the whole “lipstick on a pig” situation has not sat with me very well, and it has not persuaded me to put my foot down on a side of the fence.  It hit me like a punch in the stomach.  I realized this is what happens in politics, and this is exactly why I get so fed up with it.

I watched Obama’s address to the “made up controversy”, and suddenly the light shone a little differently on Obama for me.  Obama said, “What their campaign has done this morning is the same game that has made people sick and tired of politics in this country.”  That sentence is what reeled me in.  This is why I hate politics sometimes.  People “make up controversy”, lie, bash, exaggerate, etc. and that is not what wins an election, or at least that’s not what should win an election.  I want to hear the good things, their platforms, their background, and the reasons why they stand where they do on particular situations.  I want to hear about the future.  Give me a reason to vote for you!

Sometimes we focus so much on the bad and the ugly, and rumors are formed and dealt with; it’s a waste of time when we should actually be focusing on the candidates themselves.  Bashing another is not what makes me vote for a candidate.

Why can’t we just put all this hoopla aside, and focus on what really is important?