Isn't all this political huba-baloo just the most exciting part of the new year? It sure makes me grateful I don't live in New Hampshire or Iowa, I feel inundated enough living two thousand miles away. As much as I love our political process, and believe it is divinely inspired, I'm more than a little annoyed at the degree to which it has strayed from its original principles and purposes. Today, races seem like nothing more than glorified Student Body elections from high school with most of the campaigning relying on gossip, hearsay, and character attacks while real talk about the issues is only mentioned in passing because candidates are obligated to mention them. Anybody remember the last gubernatorial election in Utah with the two candidates amicably acknowledging the character STRENGTHS of their opponent and truly remaining focused on the issues? And that was throughout the whole campaign, not one negative ad or attack on the other....there's how campaigns should work. Let me clarify, I am not advocating any sort of a boycott on the system at all. After all, nothing ignored will ever fix itself. On the contrary, I am advocating a greater need to get involved and clean the system ourselves. After all, when was the last time you actually heard a candidate for President quote the constitution? Prophets quote spiritual scripture, shouldn't politicians quote and adhere to political scripture?
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