My mother had an expression ..."There are three sides to every story; his, hers, and the truth".
I think this applies to politics especially (which makes me wish we had a true third party option). But lately I've been thinking...what if they didn't put any party affiliation on the ballot at all? (o.k. leave it in campaign and TV ads).
This would make everyone do their homework. Imagine it, voters couldn't just select R or D across the board. Sure, many republicans are pro-life, but not all. And many democrats want to raise taxes, but not all. And don't even get me started on Immigration reform. If there was no R no D... no anything...you'd have to know where the candidate stood before making a selection. Gee, imagine that.
O.k. so they're not likely to remove the political affiliation from the ballots any time soon, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't still be educated voters. We are all so busy with our daily lives. It's easier to pick a side, and pull a row of levers then to really know what's going on. Who we appoint as our "Representatives" matters tremendously...especially at this time in history. It's well worth a little homework. If we want the political system to work, we have to work a little at it ourselves.
My father had an expression too... Long before computers, my blue-collar father with a 6th grade education used to say "Input equals output". I wish my dad was around to vote today.
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