Goodfellows52: Mouths will runneth over in politics

Goodfellows52: Mouths will runneth over in politics: " Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself."  —  Mark Twai n We’ve dumbed...

Mouths will runneth over in politics

"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself."

 — Mark Twain

We’ve dumbed down television, made reading a good book a Herculean task, and the Internet has become a hodgepodge of the inane and a home for narcissi.

So why not continue to make a farce out of the next presidential election where a lengthy roll call of pathetic candidates offer empty promises to voters who have little interest in their own future.

Like all kids who are taught that the United States presidency is where men of honor and intellect run for office for the greater good, I believed that the best and brightest, with the highest regard for their fellow man, belonged in the Oval Office.

But any voter, who has common sense has seen the current crop of self-righteous, presidential wannabes, is probably thinking about voting for their cat or staying at home on election day to watch a reruns of “Seinfeld.”

The Grand Old Party is loaded with paranoid characters who rant and rave about illegal immigrants, the elderly (because they have lived too long), global warming lies and their greatest nemesis — the government — also known as the Evil Empire to many republicans.

Many of them resemble the “Seinfeld” character “Crazy Joe Devola.”

Answer me this!

Why do candidates run for election even though they hate our government? They see evil everywhere in Washington D.C. They tell us our greatest fear is the establishment and believe it is ruining our lives. And yet, they have no problem making money working within the government.

Funny how that works.

So why do they want be government employee? Of course, the obvious answer is to collect a big paycheck, endless benefits, and satisfy their ego.

They are masters of doublespeak — deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language. That’s the textbook definition of political language that is used as ammunition by career politicians who can’t possible provide a voter with reasonable answers to today’s complicated problems.

Right now, and I am not naming names, but there is a GOP contender who wants to bomb oil wells to put an end to endless terrorism emanating from the Middle East.

Does this uniformed presidential candidate understand the environmental consequences of blowing up oil wells, which would make Americans wince when petroleum prices rise like Mount Everest?

And while he spews blanket statements about our dismal future and evil, illegal immigrants, hoping to frighten Americans into voting for him, there are others like him who tout their “my country, right or wrong” attitude.

I cringe when I hear someone say, “I am voting for him because he speaks his mind.”

What the hell does that mean, anyway?

To me, it is another candidate spewing outlandish remarks to alienate a constituency already divided by party lines. Making rude comments pulls a nation apart. There are millions of supporters clapping their hands for a candidate who shouldn’t be running for the school board, never mind the White House.

I will never understand why half the middle class votes against its best interests when they cast their ballots for the GOP.

The guy, who wants to carpet bomb oil wells, jail illegal immigrants and switch Denali (the high one) back to Mount McKinley if he is elected president, just got a ringing endorsement from a former vice presidential contender from Alaska.

That should tell you something about the lowest common denominator in American politics. He should have asked Moe, Larry, Shemp or Curley to join his political campaign.

By the way, the top GOP contender, who speaks his warped mind, just went with the flow when he promised to support the Republican party.

So much for being a maverick in politics. In the end, they all go with the flow and a nation suffers thanks to a lack of leadership and vision.

Remember that when you vote!