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There is no reason to politicize this. Both sides of the aisle are responsible for this one along with lots of other things. It is very simple to think that having a (D) or an (R) following a person we have never met's name makes a difference. The fact that Halliburton may have taken advantage of their contract is not a lot different than the rest of us being taken advantage of by our elected officials.
The rate that incumbents get re-elected in this country (well above 90%) ought to signify a general feeling of satisfaction with the ones we have in office. Both sides are taking advantage of us and then telling us that if we don't vote for them (even though they are the lesser of two evils) that they are doomed.
Very few candidates even make a passing attempt at addressing their own merit on anything other than straw-man issues. Instead the "boogie man" might get elected so you better continue to vote for me. Let me be the one to tell you, this kind of thing is not going to end any time soon no matter who gets elected tomorrow.
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All truth passes through three stages:
First it is ridiculed
Second, it is violently opposed and
Third, it is accepted as self-evident.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER (1788-1860)
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