Reply #3: Perhaps one of the biggest reasons we find ourselves in the [View All]

[jimshoes]

predicament we do now is a simple matter of being honest with ones self or rather lack of being honest with ones self. I understand politics is and has always been an arena for one-upmanship. Putting your opponent in a bad light while putting your own candidate in a good light. It's been going on like that since before Caesar I expect. Then add to the mix a good amount of sophistry, and /or flat out lying in some cases and you have modern day politics. But the republicans have added even another layer of sleaze to the political mix.

This latest and greatest tactic seems like it was lifted straight out of Josef Goebbels playbook. What I believe we all acknowledge as spin. Or more rightfully, propaganda. Taking the act of being dishonest and making that the very foundation of your core principles. Create an image or a persona and embellish it to fit your needs. A case in point is GW bush. Another is currently Sarah Palin. If we were actually being honest about either one of these two, neither one could claim they were qualified for the jobs they were picked to do.

And that is where we find ourselves. We have an entire media complex catapulting propaganda at us to prop up completely unqualified and disastrous people to run this country. If we ever hope to see outward enough to right this foundering ship, we have to look inward first and take an honest assessment of what we see.