And the Nastiness Begins

I wonder when it became more important to run opponents down than to express why our own ideas are more sustainable than theirs are.  Are our candidates so  void of political ideas that they have to spend their energy in such non-productive ways?

In my perfect political world, ladies and gentlemen would comport themselves in such a way that they could be observed and considered for their ideology and positions rather than "who stinks least."    I have been voting for more than 40 years now, and I can't remember a time when I haven't just held my nose and voted for the "stinker" just because he smelled better than the "skunk".

Why cannot politicians be pictures of morality, spiritually and leadership?  Why do we not have what we'd like to call "statesmen" anymore.  Instead we have a pack of coyotes, whose purpose appears to be to tear others down in order to make themselves look good.  Why not simply build up one's own self and let the others be concerned about themselves.  At the same time, why worry about what they say?  Simply ignore them.  Ignore the questions about personal life and get on with the things the office you say you seek requires.

Nobody benefits when the life of one of these candidates and/or his/her family is shattered because of the stupidity of so-called journalists.  When I was young we called it "yellow journalism".  I think the term still applies.  Reporters should report the news.  News..not rumors, not hunches.    Honest reporters do not seek to glamorize, distort, inflate, or alter news;  they only report it.  Honest reporters do not go out looking for a way to destroy peoples' lives.  Unfortunately we have all too few honest reporters.

Back to the candidates.  We have a rather weak field.  We can have an Islamist, a Socialist, a Communist, a Social Experimenter, a Thinker, a Centrist, a Rino, a Businessman, an Isolationist, or an conservative.  We've already seen what the Islamist/Socialist is like.  He needs to be unemployed.  The isolationist won't get my vote.  The Centrist will also not get my vote, the Social Experimenter is not for me.  The Rino is not mine either.  So I can choose between the businessman and the conservative.  Neither of them exudes confidence. 

What to do...what to do.  I still lean towards Cain......if he stays in the race.  I'd really like to see Sarah drafted at the convention.  I think the nation would benefit.  I wonder how we can get it done.