Political Choices: Picking the Evilest of Two Evils

Your son is absolutely shredded, but I don't think I've ever had the pleasure of running into him and this is the first time I have ever heard of Inspire Fitness. Now I'll be able to recognize him if I ever see him, though!

Good to see you in my comments section, Paula, and thank you for your extremely generous compliments. Nearly every time I read about politics, or write about them for that matter, I get a sinking feeling in my gut combined with a confused sadness and anger clouding my thoughts. It'll change one way or another, I just hope change comes in the form of transparency and unity rather than forced adherence from authority.

Tustin is a beautiful little city with a lot of nice little places to hang out, I've golfed out there twice before when I still lived more Southwest of here down in Coto De Caza. Would I have had the chance to have ran into your son while he is working and just not know it?

Thank you, John, I try very hard to remain impartial, or at least fair, as it concerns politics.

Feel free to say what you please, so long as it isn't meant to harass or attack anyone, I support the expression of all opinions regardless of context. If it is about politics, it is more than relevant here by my standard.

My next article that I post will be right up your alley, Mark, so stay tuned! Socialism doesn't scare me, however, and I would like to expand upon that. What scares me is how socialism is enacted and carried out, and the subsequent historic and ongoing examples we have to prove that socialism is often not in the best interest of those it openly claims to favor. Behind the veil of pretty promises that socialism offers is always someone ready to subjugate the underprivileged and profit off of their hard work, all the while being unwilling to offer crumbs from their own bountiful harvest.

I like to point to the example of "group policies" as they concern insurance. These policies are being adopted and implemented all throughout the United States and being presented as being in underprivileged Americans' best interests, when in reality it is just a way to avoid writing new legislation to prevent pharmaceutical companies from setting their own prices like most other western countries have already done. This isn't the only example of what scares me, I could go on and on, but I think it will suffice.

I keep my eyes to legislation, rather than the inevitable politicking that legislation creates and the inevitable fear it instills. Hit 'em where it hurts, go after the legislators.

Joe, and anyone who associates with him, scares me deeply.

Thank you for your compliment as well, and stay tuned for my next article. My next article was inspired by our ongoing interactions, and I really tried to do the topic of "religion" justice. Forewarning, however, the bad parts do not apply to you as far as I know so don't think I am speaking of you or any of our shared acquaintances.

I wouldn't classify myself as classy either, more on the upscale pseudo-classless culture-bereft bohemian level, hahahaha!

That's the beauty of democracy isn't it? I don't have to choose. Let's pretend that this is like North Korea or any other dictatorship and I do have to choose though. Who would I choose? I'd vote for another four years of Trump, he doesn't seem to be doing any worse than any previous president and the only real issue I have with him is his willingness to be petty with his presentation of information.

If things were going my way, like I quoted in the article, then men who sought to lead us would also be willing to die for us and what they believe in. Much like our boys on the battlefields are doing every day. I would want them tossed in a ring after we vote for who the main candidates are and then I would want them to fight for the election. Of course, prerequisites would need to be taken into account because we don't want vulgar brutes with no brains leading us, and I wouldn't really want anyone to fight to the death, but I would want them to prove through physical suffering that they deserve the nomination and are willing to fight for their beliefs.

Then again I'm being flippant, I just want politicians to prove to me they are willing to suffer more rather than coming to my poor self asking for my donations to their already plentiful coffers.

I don't disagree that here at home the media, and others, would be trying to rip him to shreds every little chance they could get even if he presented that "knight in shining armor/soap and water" persona. What I do disagree with is how often he goes against that persona and the manner in which he does so. Pettiness is a terrible trait in a president, especially the POTUS, and I more often find myself stomping out the meager flames of petty individuals than I fan them in my daily life.

If I can't hold my POTUS to a higher standard than I'd hold anyone I can directly interact with, then I have no choice but to question whether or not this behavior is in fact appropriate. More often than not he is perturbing others in the game of power, and in looking at the demeanor of those around him I worry. It can't be questioned that there is cause for worry, because as the media focuses on touting or destroying his reputation we lose out on understanding.

I want that understanding that is going unfounded, and if Trump can give me that transparency that is missing then he will have my support. As of now, however, I feel lost as to the true direction he is steering us much like I have been since the first time I ever decided to dabble in politics, only now my confusion is worse due to all the petty behavior.

The media treats every politician like trash, but I will recognize that Trump is given the short end of the stick as far as the current social climate making constant harassment an acceptable practice. Everyone deserves fair and balanced representation in the media, and the media is failing everyone in that aspect.

I have listened to quite a few of his speeches as well, I'm not impressed and I often find his demeanor to be pretentious and unnecessarily flippant. He also says some pretty off the wall stuff that would be better left unsaid, if not for his reputation then the reputation of America. When he does bring the point home, ignoring the rest, he does inspire a lot of patriotism and love for my country.

His track record does seem to show that he is fulfilling promises, and I can even respect that he tried to meet with North Korea on the proverbial middle grounds, but I wish he did that more so with the Russians. I want America and Russia to tame the sleeping tiger that is China, together. Then again, he would've been hammered even further with collusion allegations that could've been false or true. Very murky puddle.

As for the other candidates, I'm sure you read what I said in the article and can see where I hold them. If you didn't read, then just know I hold them at a lower value than Trump.

My condolences to you for having to watch our "political processes" and all those involve. I suppose I take it so personally because I once wanted to be a politician, then I realized I'm not of the same "class and culture" as those most commonly found in politics. If it weren't for the constant hatred bleeding into daily life from others, I would never seek to take part the way things are now.

Thanks for reading!

I just wish he would be a bit more classy, brush things off more and respond less. Hard to look up to him and hold him in high regard when he hits Twitter for every minor, or major slight against him.