Motivation

People often tell me "Jeff-it just isn't worth talking about politics" and I get the impression that many people believe politics do not matter. I disagree with these assertions, and am forever motivated to express my interpretations of politics and do so LOUDLY.

As kind hearted and likeable as I am in life, when it comes to talking politics I have seen people get so offended with me you might conclude I had recently raped their daughter or something. I've seen one very good (and unsuspecting) friend stumble right into a nightmarish argument with me about the movie Fahrenheit 9-11. This friend was feeling confident that I was a liberal, of that I am certain. That's because if you measure my beliefs I tend to fall slightly left of center on many issues. Why then am I so anti-democrat? Well--it is a matter of simple common sense.

Common sense tells me that Nancy Pelosi represents a 'faction' of people who are not in touch with reality. She and her noble constituency all possess the most selfish of motivations. My common sense tells me that these people have long ago forgotten the words of John F. Kennedy "Ask not what your country can do for you, .....ask what you can do for your country." It's obvious, the primary motivation is themselves.

What if we as a country make others the primary motivation for every vote? In World War II, we could have easily just focused on Japan and stayed out of the war in Europe. Roosevelt wasn't exactly famous for convincing the entire nation that the USA should take on Hitler. There was great division in this country as Roosevelt dragged us into a war that would affect us so profoundly--hundreds of millions of Americans were directly affected in some way and still continue to be. The current war will probably be no different in the end--and things are just getting started I am afraid.

But having said this--we as a people can not fall prey to 'short-sightedness' because the stakes are too high for our children.

So when I see the words and actions of democrat politicians contradicting my own good common sense, I am motivated to enact change. War and rumors of war, yet most of us enjoy complete solitude.

Not our brothers and sisters in Iraq though--they are on the front lines. Like it or not! So God bless them, and their mission.