The politics of politics … ( 04 / 02 / 12 )
The politics of politics … ( 04 / 02 / 12 )
“ Politics is the art of looking for trouble , finding it everywhere , diagnosing it incorrectly , and then applying the wrong remedies .” ~ Groucho Marx
I know that the U . S . Presidential elections are still a few moons away , and yet I also realize that there will be LOTS of news coverage between now and November — and lots of discussion — and lots of debate — and lots of arguing — and lots of nasty insults & misleading innuendos . In short , many of you will be flooded with boatloads of information that will be both highly volatile & highly inaccurate ; information that could very well distract you from the things that really matter in life — from the people and the issues that are truly important .
Consider the following — just a small sample of the inane ramblings of some of America ’ s “ top ” politicians , one of whom will in all likelihood be the next President of the United States :
“ I don ’ t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians . We ’ ve had an earthquake ; we ’ ve had a hurricane . He said , ‘ Are you going to start listening to me here ?’ Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now . They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we ’ ve got to rein in the spending .” ~ Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann
“ I will tell you : It ’ s three agencies of government , when I get there , that are gone : Commerce , Education and the — what ’ s the third one there ? Let ’ s see . … I would do away with the Education , the … Commerce and — let ’ s see — The third one , I can ’ t . Sorry . Oops .” ~ Rick Perry ( forgetting his own plan to cut the Department of Energy )
“ Corporations are people , my friend … of course they are . Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people . Where do you think it goes ? Whose pockets ? Whose pockets ? People ’ s pockets . Human beings , my friend .” ~ GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney
“ I should tell my story . I ’ m also unemployed .” ~ Mitt Romney ( speaking in 2011 to unemployed people in Florida … Romney ’ s net worth is over $ 200 million )
“ I have two grandchildren – I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America , by the time they ’ re my age they will be in a secular atheist country , potentially one dominated by radical Islamists and with no understanding of what it once meant to be an American .” ~ GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich
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