I’d like to touch on the extreme left and the extreme right tendencies of the 2 parties.
This isn’t politics…….. this is people. You’ve got one person’s view of Utopia vs. another view containing structure and order. Talk about “flip-flop”…… I’ve had to do some learning and changing during my years as an adult and the more I’ve learned, the more I’m finding that structure and order MUST exist. I used to stand along side all those who argue “live and let live” but it was always cored with a deeper conviction. I was more “live and let live…….. as long as it doesn’t affect me personally. My way is my way, like it, hate it, or step aside.”
Hindsight being 20/20, I’ve seen the errors of my interpretations of freedom. I regret to admit, I’ve let it hurt others, apathy was a “go to” attitude, and until I found myself “being affected”, I didn’t understand the costs behind my choices.
Once I realized that this world is populated with one thing, difference… I began looking to the wisdoms that have preceded us. We all have differences yet we’re all so commonly predictable! It’s like dying your hair orange, yellow, and purple to be an individual, yet there’s often a core of doing it because “everyone else is dying their hair too.” Same thing, different color………
This is the swing of the pendalum. Preference. And preference is based on a “me” focus. So, we have a nation of peoples that are all different, but similar, and want their personal interests represented. The problem is that it’s impossible to represent a differing populus with only 2 choices. So then……. we create additional parties? Well…… they’re out there but not doing well because again, there are things on their “preference agenda” that really don’t represent………. “me”. So honestly, adding to the party options adds to more “misrepresenting”, as well representing. Until we all run for office ourselves, there will be an element of disagreement somewhere.
So then, who is “centralized……. perfectly poised down the middle……. more closely representing of the rest of us?” It’s a grand wish! Take nothing away from the merits of wanting to be peaceful, but we’re dealing with people. Someone will always get stepped on, directly or indirectly, and hatred abounds as commonly as love does……. only it gets shoved under the rug more often! lol! See “structure and order”…….. 
We, the undecided, fence riding, no waves making, 10 shades of gray embracing people “in the middle”…….. are really the biggest problem. 50 years ago…….. what was extreme left or right? How does it compare to today? How did we get here? It’s all very recent history and easily broken down into seeing that our “humanity” itself is on a behavior curve. When “the left” can’t break free through force, they’ve gone after the core of our future and baited the conservative citizen with appeals of compassion. This is STILL going on today! Anyone see the U of M Kerry rally? Who’s in attendence? The future. Young and influential minds. Listen to the attendees they interview! One girl last night said, “Hey, if ‘Kelso’ (acting character from That 70’s Show) votes for Kerry and someone decides to vote that way because Kelso did, I think that’s fine.” Anyone else see a red flag with this??? 
Anyway, look at who’s in attendence at the Bush rallies. Is there an overall age difference? Ding ding! One side appeals to a more relaxed view of life…… and the other appeals more toward a people with some life experience under their belt.
We’re a divided nation, and I promise to author a book on it someday explaining why, but it’s not politics. Politicians drag us into these things and use action/response marketing for our votes!
So….. left wing? Right wing? Look into our own recent history and look at the trend. We need two halfs to aid in the balancing of the people, but the parties aren’t left or right, we are. They’re just campaigning for a vote and then, if elected, WILL PURSUE PERSONAL INTEREST. No one gets what they want every time, but the pursuit is the same.
So, given this truth…….. political voting can better be realized by the personal histories of our candidates. Look at Kerry, the individual…… his interests. Look at G.W., the individual……. and his interests. Based on the man they are inside, I have no choice but to bank on the man most in line with my convictions. This will come at the cost of “some other thing”….. somewhere…… sometime…… but worth it because “it was the lesser of 2 evils”. Well, someone has to be the scapegoat and it’s a nice phrase to cover our own lack of involvement. It’s not up to the politicians to make a difference, it’s up to us. And I say that……. being as guilty as anyone else. Good living often desensitizes ambition.
Until responsibility and accountability return to being the key ingredients of our country’s agenda, we’ll continue to debate who’s the best man for elective office.
He has an agenda that will keep America safe, protect the future, and protect the sportsman! By all means, I do not agree 100% with everything that he says or has done, but he is hands down the better choice.
Everyone needs to focus on the big picture and not just a few media hyped facts. I agree there are things about both candidates I like. People need to study all the issues and make up their minds. This isn’t an easy decision and whatever the outcome it will impact our lives. The sad part is that so many will not even attempt to go vote. Apathy is bliss.
