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My first experience with Politics

I definitely never thought I’d write about politics on this site, but here goes…

I’ve never cared about politics before in my life, and for the most part I still don’t. But my friend Ryan persuaded me to be a little bit interested and to watch tonight’s political debate. It’s the first political debate I’ve ever watched, and pretty much the first time I’ve ever watched any president on TV for more than 1.7 seconds while I flipped through the channels desperately trying to find a channel that didn’t have the president on it. I learned more about politics today from Ryan than I did all through elementary or high school. Before today I didn’t know the difference between a republican and democrat, and still don’t for the most part. So congratulations to the private school system for that.

After getting over laughing at president Bush and his silly smirks and awkward pauses, I came to the conclusion that both of these candidates are absolutely full of shit. I had absolutely zero knowledge about politics or where the candidates stood going into this debate, and I can honestly say that I am not anymore knowledgeable at all after watching them debate for over an hour.

As Bob would bring up a question, I would be interested, thinking “Hm, good question, maybe their answer to this will actually help me to understand how they differ and which one I should vote for if I were to vote”. But then as soon as they opened their mouths I pretty much gave up hope. All they do is bash each other, give contradictory information and statistics, and pussyfoot around the question without giving a single real answer. How do people expect undecided voters, and especially young people to vote or care about this stuff when it is so hard to find any real information on the subject? I have a dwindling interest in it, but if I can’t learn anything by listening to the actual candidates speak, I have no idea where to go to actually get a straight answer on anything. I’ve been to Rock the Vote and other places like that, but they aren’t helpful either. Most of these sites, and the candidates themselves speak like they expect you to have a political science degree.

Maybe I’m just really stupid and didn’t pay attention in school for the few years that I was there. Or, maybe this stuff is just too plain confusing and political, and that’s why a huge percentage of America doesn’t even vote, for the same reason I have no interest in it.

If anyone happens to still read my site by accident and has a link to some simple information on the topic, I’d be glad to check it out. Maybe I should go back and read a 4th grade text book on the subject. I must have missed something while I was there.