As election season approaches, I hear people saying, "How can I support this Republican? He's only looking out for the rich guy." Or, "How can I vote for a Democrat? I'm tired of my taxes supporting bums who won't work for their own living."
There are so many big words we can throw around on both sides to decide who's wrong and who's right: socialism, racism, taxes, family values, war on terror, immigration reform, bank bailouts, home foreclosures, jobs programs, Obamacare, on and on and on. You can pull out any argument in the book for why we should or should not be voting for a certain party, a certain candidate, a certain set of political ideals.
As someone who originally was registered as a Republican, then re-registered as a Democrat so I could vote for Hillary Clinton in the presidential primaries, I now find myself unsure whether I want to vote for any candidate, in any party, ever.
Rather than asking myself how I could possibly support a Republican or a Democrat, I find myself examining candidates and thinking of each one of them, "How can I support someone who is so power-hungry? How can I vote for someone who is so willing to say anything to get a vote, who will stand for something one day, then do a complete turn around in the next election to keep up with current trends? How can I say that I want someone leading in my country who is willing to lie and cheat and take bribes and use others to have that position of leadership?"
And I have started to believe that the best outcome for our country might be if we as a nation banded together to say we will not vote for liars, we will not vote for self-serving narcissists, and we will not vote for the man who has the most money to be able to make himself look attractive.
What if we all just stopped voting for national politicians until they got the message that we're not interested in supporting the criminality and negligence of the United States Congress and White House?
It won't ever happen, but would it be better if it did?
