Politics: The most irritating part

If you live in the USA, politics is a part of your life. Doesn't matter what part of the country you live in, whether you can vote or not, or even if you don't believe in our government. Every 4 years, something takes up time from the people. The something is politics.


I'd be naive to declare the politics reaches everyone the same. The simple truth is that it does not. The spectrum of politics affected me less as a child, and that includes my mother. This is largely because my mom did not own a home. So no amount of increase or decrease in property taxes would have changed her view. She simply voted for the best candidate. That's hard to do when a candidate is not going to help or hurt you.

Deep down somewhere, politics affects somebody. I'm surely not immune to this force. The previous election cycle has had me strung up like a ball of rubber bands. One candidate had some of the idea's I wanted, while the other did two. Neither represented what I wanted in a president, but I knew a different path from the past 8 years of Obama was needed.

All over social media, people scream for or against a candidate. The problem becomes when someone with a different view questions you on yours. They are views. They generally do not change because of a debate. Hell, I went through 4 years of college where you would have thought I would be a newly converted liberal. It didn't happen. So I doubt a 5 minute conversation with someone on Facebook will change this view.

What I don't understand though, is how people who had their president in office for the past 8 years cannot fathom the idea that a different route makes others happy. I'll say this proudly: I don't understand liberals. I just don't get them. They were pissed at Bush. There are many reasons cited, but I think the two biggest are Iraq and Afghanistan. So let's take those into consideration. The two wars cost our country trillions that my children and my grand children will be paying for some time. Liberals hated Bush because of his conservative policies and the wars. So they voted for a man with a theme for change. That man was Barack Obama. To me, Obama didn't appeal at all to conservatives. For everything Bush was, Obama was a 180. Obama changed things far more than Bush ever did. I might go as far as to say that Obama made many more changes than Bush. I could be wrong though.

The biggest thing with Obama was the lies. Every president lies. This is expected. The degree of dishonesty is what set Obama apart. I don't think it was because Obama meant to lie any more than Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan or any other president. Obama promised to end the wars. That's a bold move. Obama had no military experience to speak of before becoming commander in chief. It didn't appear that his staff understood the getting out of war part either. You don't just leave. War is a chess game, but it's not like one you can just fold up and put away in your closet. To take the chess analogy, the characters in Chess will follow you. They will get stronger, and you'll have to go back into that closet and try to fight them. They will be much stronger. I don't think Obama understood this. To me Bush and Obama have a bit in common: a leader. Bush's leader was Saddam. Obama's was Osama Bin Laden. Both got their man. Both were heavily disappointed when getting their man didn't result in an astounding victory. With Saddam, people didn't roll over and say thank you. The Iraqi's had more people come into the country from war torn places. With Obama, Bin Laden didn't end Al Qauida (spelling).

So looking at these, what really happened to Obama? He lied. Just the same way Bush did about Saddam, and just the way Clinton did about Lewinski. So take a minute, breath and realize that you're not changing anyone's views. Politicians lie, that's what they do.