The Upcoming Election

One of the more disturbing things to me in regard to the upcoming elections is how little some people seem to be bothered by the lack of character and integrity demonstrated by so many involved. It is incredibly sad that so many of our political leaders have lied to us that we come to expect it. Let me be clear that while I believe that deceit is deceit, I recognize that there is a difference between "spin" and outright lies. Sadly, we have gone way beyond "spin" this time around. We should expect our leaders to be forthright about who they and what they believe. Not everyone bases their votes on intellectual evaluation of the candidates, most of us base our votes on emotion. That is just reality, but just because something is real doesn't make it right. We should vote our conscience, our beliefs, our morals, our convictions. We should vote for the person who we believe is best qualified, as well as, the person whose character and integrity we can trust. Most of us would agree that we would rather someone be honest and tell us something we don't want to hear than someone lie to us and tell us what we do want to hear. The truth always seems to find its way to the light and it is always so much more devastating when it comes on the heels of a lie. The current financial crisis is a prime example. There were people who saw it coming, even facilitated it in some ways and said the opposite in public, allowing the rest of us to continue with no preparation for the coming storm. These people need to be held accountable. Our leaders need to be held accountable. If they aren't doing the job they were hired to do in the way we think they ought to, then it is our responsibility, our obligation to call them on it. Even fire them if necessary. They will not police themselves.