Politics today may be the worst thing that ever happened to us here in the United States.
There was a day when a person could run for political office, and do so on their merits. A candidate would go out, shake hands, kiss babies, and give a speech about their beliefs, their platform and make promises of a better tomorrow, and that was it. That was how they campaigned.
Nowadays, the way to politic has changed. The dawn of social media and network television changed the way candidates run their races. It also changed the way the public is influenced by the candidates.
All you have to have seen to agree with me is the ongoing saga of the pending impeachment of our president. Never in my life of 56 years have I seen such a farce. Never in all my life have I witnessed such a mockery of the system which our forefathers put into place. You can be a Democrat or Republican or something else, and odds are you agree with me. Whether you want to see President Trump in office, or out, it is hard to not see the way that our Constitution has been bastardized in the name of “doing what is right” for the people. On both sides.
Nationally, I wish there was no such thing as Twitter. Both sides of the fence have used this social media platform as a stage, with both sides, in my opinion, working together to create a comedy of errors that rivals the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.
Here locally, and even sadder, is that social media is far less the weapon it is on the national level, but rather, here locally the name calling, slandering and abuse is more face to face. It is becoming way more personal.
