do i have to make a decision in 2006?

Last night I was sitting in my chair in our reading room at my house. Suddenly, my children who up until that point were giggling and playing in another room, began to get nasty with one another. I heard Myles calling Payton all sorts of names. I got up and realized that I was after all dealing with a three-year old, and walked into the room only to see them still playing kindly with one another. What I thought was my children arguing was actually a political ad on television.

Is any else tired of these ads? It boggles my mind that anyone can get serious about voting for these men and women who are stooping to levels that would make a middle school student blush. What is scarier is these candidates are not just making and/or approving the ads, one side or another will be leading our state, and representing us in our Capital.

I have a proposal should any candidate happen to read this blog. Get ready, this is earth shattering. I think that candidates should tell us what they are about. I think candidates should tell us about their plans for continued improvement in our state. I think candidates should not say anything about their opponent, only themselves so that voters can make educated decisions about that candidate.

Most men and women vote on one or two issues. Those issues are usually understood by what the general public hears on the television. As it stands now, we know that one side thinks the other has mush for brains, and the other side thinks the one side are incompetent fools. Is this really what we need to vote on? The opinion of one person about another? Surely no one running for public office would think that his or her opinion of another person would garner an informed persons vote … right?

So please candidates, could you stop? Maybe I should say could you start? Could you start telling us why you would be a good citizen serving in public office. Enough of the name calling, cynicism and divisiveness that has plagued our government far too long. After all true leadership should not be about left or right, it needs to be about going deeper.