Unfettered Blather

According to NewsAlerts, Bush’s numbers may be bad but his opponents are worse. To summarize, while Bush may have a 31% approval rating, Kerry has about a 28% and many other Democratic politicians also have low approval ratings. Though there are not Democrats, I wonder what DeLay’s or Lott’s approval numbers are right now with their constant defense of pork?

The problem I have always had with Bush hysteria is that it often loses sight of the bigger picture. My personal theory is that people have lost faith in our government, and why shouldn’t they? We’ve been gerrymandered into a corner. There are districts in California that have not changed party hands in decades, and the same thing happens in Texas! These are only the two states I know about. I am being told this is a common practice, where one party has managed to shut out any competition by using demographics and redrawing district lines to win races rather than having it out in honest elections.

We have people who have been in office longer than I have been alive. I don’t mean they’ve been in politics that long, but they have actually held the same office! Now on that score, we the voters have to bear some responsibility.

On a more focused note, one of my personal thoughts when I heard about Bush’s numbers being an all-time low was “So what? He’s still probably doing a better job than Kerry would”. See, that is what makes this whole situation so pathetic. Bush may be bad, but was I given a better alternative in 2004? When the campaigning first started, I was all riled up about Wesley Clark, but Kerry won the primary. Then as Kerry hit the campaign trail I was all fired up. Yet the person who convinced me to vote for Bush, was Kerry! Bush ran a horrid campaign (I hate it when people claim his “brilliant” campaign helped him win. Wha?) but Kerry just kept saying things that either made no sense, were downright wrong, or amounted to “Oh yeah! Well I can do better!”.

Something I’ve learned in business is making a bad decision is often better than no decision, and a bad plan is still better than no plan. In 2004 the Democrats didn’t have a plan or a message, and they still don’t. The Republicans are floundering so badly right now, and the Democrats can’t even take advantage of it. They’re still busy doing their talking points from 2001, and that race is long since over.

Is confidence down for the whole governmental system? This voter says yes. I am totally unconvinced that anyone in D.C. is even trying to look after my better interests. Lining their pockets and protecting their posts seems to be their top priorities. The voters they serve don’t even make the top ten.

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