Thirty Things: Part 1

Uncle Jimbo posted 30 things I believe today and it is a pretty good list reminiscent of Crash Davis’s classic. I don’t have time to lay out thirty things right now, but I’ll start with 10 things I believe about politics.

1. I believe that looking to politicians for answers is like looking to Wile E. Coyote for engineering advice.

2. Most political observers are like NASCAR fans — just waiting for the wrecks.

3. People who call themselves moderates or independents are liars. They are either liberals wanting to appear “reasonable” or conservatives who’ve been guilted into hiding.

4. Politicians who lie are as rare as fish that swim.

5. Voters claim that they are against pork, and then continue to elect whoever can provide the most.

6. Most Americans believe we live in a democracy and have no clue what a Federal Republic is.

7. People often vote against what they don’t want without having a clue about what they do want.

8. Politicians are not rock stars, geniuses, or gods. They are just people. Any attempt to make them anything more will end in disappointment.

9. Politics makes for strange bedfellows. Strange bedfellows make for a very short political career.

10. Most people who observe, comment, and critique politics would make lousy politicians. Myself included.

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