Why do Americans Watch Debates or SOU?

Why do Americans Watch Debates or SOU??? Really!

All we get is a guy kissing a baby for all our time!

The words of Politicians are misleading, disingenuous, Spin, and Propaganda!

Now listen to the clapping in state of the union address. This is just a ruse to confuse or placate the masses. That is why most politicians spout rhetoric instead of honest word. Politics is a game. The game is to fool people to vote for them - if you by chance are interested in voting.

Politicians are magicians. They do one thing that you can see while doing a completely different thing behind their back. We all know that money buys elections. Lobby money buys elections, laws, deregulation, banking fraud, accounting fraud, and too big to fail banks. Never mind that executives have figured out how to loot corporations with lavish benefits packages, start an environment where dishonest deals drive out honest deals, and reduce real employment and real manufacturing that increases the US GDP and increases spin off jobs to support manufacturing.

The fact is if politicians wanted to solve problems, stop wars, create Justice, regulate accounting fraud, they would. There is a mountain of laws and regulations that are not enforced properly or have had subsequent laws reduce their effectiveness. Oh and you tell the IRS to go after small wage earners since they don't influence/lobby congress or engage in expensive legal battles. Oh and you can fail to budget money for proper staffing of agencies like the SEC. And you can over fund and over budget money for agencies involved in the war on drugs.

The solution: Vote for the underdog that wants to go back to individual rights. Vote for Ron Paul for US President.

It is clear that Ron Paul can not implement sever changes to our social systems, social security, social medicare/medicaid,...

we need to send a message to Washington DC and the K Street Lobbyist:

1) We won't be run over by lying politicians.
2) We are watching all politicians.
3) We don't tolerate looting our corporations.
4) We don't tolerate banks funding only Finance and Bank Deals.
5) We won't tolerate Accounting Fraud in the USA
6) we won't tolerate banks that focus on dishonest deals that put quick money in the pocket of the few deal makers.
7) we won't fall for Financial Ratings Agencies and independent accounting firms that don't do what they say the represent, but are "In Bed" with dishonest financial managers.

Republican Debates, State of the Union, US Politicians, Politics, Lobbying, Financial Crisis, Mortgage Scandal, Banking Reform

Hidden Politics

The "Hidden Politics of America" is all about secrets. Alcoholism and drug use are not talked about in many families. Just as abuse in the family is hidden, there are other issues. Like the politician who speaks out against a behavior he secretly engages in. Makes you wonder if he hates himself and has a larger spiritual problem.

Hidden Politics have a lot to do with actions or inactions in the family. But often it seems to be about a lack of courage, lack of courage to help someone in the family, public appearances, wanting to be accepted by a peer group or the public in general, and thoughts that we might not be normal or as good as the "American Public Image" demands us to be. A big factor in this self suppression is the spin, propaganda, and political control that - passes for the "Real Truth".

Hidden Politics, US Politicians, Politics, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Dysfunctional Families

Old Question: Is the US Voter uninformed or ignorant of issues and candidates

Old Question from studies in 1950, 1960, 1976, 1996: Is the US Voter uninformed or ignorant of issues and candidates. How does the American Voter select his vote for US President?

The premise discussed is can the electorate select the right candidate even when individuals can be uninformed in so many ways...whether the incumbent has power over troubles in an individuals life, whether the good works of an incumbent early in the presidency will be remembered, ability to see more than the here and now that troubles the individual, ability to see beyond past party affiliations or alliances, ability to see beyond campaign messages on TV or slams at campaign opponents.

what I get out of this article is that individuals can't really pick the right candidate for themselves and their own values or interests. However, it is not likely that a coin toss will produce better results. In the case of US Presidential Elections money spent in the final weeks of the campaign for TV ads will sway many voters. And many voters will decide their vote on stereotypes, or by campaign ads. The studies performed seem to point to enduring voter ignorance.

Article Sited "How smart is the American voter?
The electorate as a whole may be wiser and more rational than any individual."

By Larry M. Bartels November 3, 2008
Larry M. Bartels directs the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. A longer version of this article appears in the current Wilson Quarterly.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-bartels3-2008nov03,0,2565169.story