I feel reasonably certain that I’ve never made political commentary on this site before. There are several reasons for this. One is that I don’t tend to follow politics all that much. This stems from many things, not the least of which is my complete and utter disdain for the whole process. It seems like it’s almost better if you don’t win, because then you get to complain about the person/party that’s currently in office, and tell all of the city/state/country that if only you had been elected, things would be so much different.

I know better than to say that my life goes by unimpeded by the political process. Without it, I don’t have the roads to drive on to go to work, or quite possibly a job to go to without initiative for small business owners. And so on. But I’ll come right out and say it…I really don’t see that much first-hand contact with the government and politics in general in my day-to-day life. And that’s exactly how I like it.

The above statement probably gave you a pretty good insight into what I believe politically, but if you require me to say red or blue, I’ll tell you I’m a Republican. This is not to say that I’d always vote a straight ticket, or for that matter, that I restrict my beliefs into one of the two parties. For example, I like some of what the Libertarian Party thinks. But there’s also some of it that I very strongly disagree with.

Anyway, I realize that the “laissez-faire” style I like is not the case for many people around the country. Whether you’re trying to convince someone that another tax cut is just what the economy needs to continue moving forward, or that the social topic du jour (I won’t say it here, but it rhymes with “day carriage”) applies to you in a specific way and you feel shorted by the system, there are plenty of people out there who are trying to get ahead via the political process.

The problem is that they think by advocating one of two sides or candidates, that this will be the case.

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