Poly-Ticks

Why do politicians (small time to big time) who are running for office always seem to bring up stupid, insignificant things like “My grandmother struggled to raise my mom and the six other children. She was single after my grandfather died and had to work two full time jobs as a secretary and a waitress just to make ends meet.  She had an ulcer and gray hair by the time she was 29.  That’s why I’m here today.”  OR “My dad was a mechanic and my mom stayed at home with us kids.  We barely had enough food to survive.  But now, here I am, here for you.”  Did they have to walk uphill both ways in 3 feet of snow, too?  Ugh!  It seems nearly everyone’s parents, grandparents or great-grandparents suffered, not just politicians, so why they use this as a tool to make them more appealing to the crowd is weird.  Weirder still are the folks there cheering after such statements are made.   

Personally, though I feel for your grandma and all her hardships, I don’t care to hear about them now.  It’s old news.  It won’t make me vote for you.  How about we just figure out what to do about the hardships our people are facing today.  Focus on the present and future.  The past is over with.  Let’s learn and move on.  Clearly, you politicians are doing so well because of all of your predecessors efforts, and that’s why you have to talk about THEM…because maybe YOU never faced it yourself.   But, locally, I’ve got teens in my town with NO home, no parents who will sacrifice for them like yours may have for you.  15 year olds who are still in the 7th grade.  Teens turning to drugs for “comfort”…drugs some of them are DOING with their parents.  Absurd to me, but real.  They’re rejected by the people who are supposed to love them most, so don’t you ditch them too.  They are worthy of time and effort.

Let’s just stop all the “fluffy” talk and schmoozing and get down to business.  AND let’s be adults and not slander each other to make ourselves look good.  That’s just lame.  Just be real.