Voting

As I stated in my last post, the fault for the politicians we have is directly related to the amount of people that vote. The founders never intended that our representatives should be in office for life, yet that is the way most of them are. Part of the reason is the people that do not vote and part of the reason is the people that either vote a straight party line or vote for whoever promises to give them the most freebies. Many of the voters actually know little about the candidates. They follow along like a bunch of sheep and vote for whoever their local newspaper or local politicians tell them to. They are actually worse than the people who do not vote. The presidency has become a joke, at least it would be a joke if it were not so tragic. What started out in the eighteenth century as an elected office which answered to the people and to congress has turned into an imperial presidency; a virtual dictatorship. Bill Clinton admitted lying under oath and yet nothing was done. That means that the presidency is above the law. We are now at war in Iraq and yet the congress never authorized the president to go to war. Bush simply did what any dictator would do, he said he was going to war and he did. Executive orders have also gotten out of hand. While there is a place for them and they have always been used, people like FDR and Bill Clinton took them to new heights. They ruled the country through executive orders. Congress can countermand these orders, yet never does. The sign of a dictator. Presidents are careful to point out the good executive orders they sign. It kind of reminds me of the way Hitler kept his popularity with the German people. A communist dictator does what he wants and does not care what the people think. The facist dictator convinces the people what he is doing is right and good for them. You can see why I call our leaders fasciunists, they try to convince you they are doing good but if they cannot convince you, that is tough.