Is What Politicians Say the Same As What They Really Think?
Posted: Thursday, September 11, 2008
by Mike Fak
http://mikefak.com
The first time I recall anything about a presidential election was in 1956. Eisenhower was running against Adlai Stevenson and I remember former president Harry Truman saying on the radio that Ike could go to hell. I remembered that because it was shocking that anyone would use such a vulgar statement on the airwaves.
We have come a long way down the slope since then. One thing I have noticed hasn't changed much over the years and that is the same old statements, that refined over the years, still carry little value or weight when someone hits the rug inside the White House.
Statement: I have the most experience for the job.
Thinking: I have already got my list of big company lobbyists and already have a working relation with all of them
Statement: We must reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
Thinking: How else can the big five American oil companies corner the market and gouge Americans without those foreigners getting some of the record profits.
Statement: I can relate to the common working man and woman.
Thinking: I watch Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel all the time. I also helped mom with the dishes once when I was twelve.
Statement: This is the land of prosperity.
Thinking: Where else could a corporate executive lose billions of dollars for his company and still get a $100 million bonus.
Statement: I will get rid of political corruption.
Thinking: Yeh and if you believe that you will believe that the Easter Bunny is dating Thumper.
Statement: We must conserve energy.
Thinking: It will still cost you more as I will let utilities continue to jack up rates but the increases won't be as obvious if you use less and either freeze or sweat to death.
Statement: I am the candidate for change.
Thinking: I have no idea what I can change but it sure looks good on the campaign posters.
Statement: We need more, better paying jobs.
Thinking: The only thing we haven't outsourced yet is the Congress and if Dubai offers enough, we're all going there.
Statement: We must build better, more fuel efficient vehicles.
Thinking: My eight-mile-to-the-gallon limo would really hurt me financially but thank God I get free gas. I hope my driver kept it running during my speech.
Statement: I have been to the coffee houses and the local businesses talking to common people.
Thinking: Yeh, and if you get within a hundred feet of me my security guards will blow a hole in you.
Statement: We must stop global warming.
Thinking: How else can my utility friends cripple you with heating bills?
Statement: We must fix social security.
Thinking: I imagine that's only fair since I helped break it.
Of course since I have my own, far better retirement plan, maybe I can just ignore this issue altogether.
Statement: I am a reformer
Thinking: Years ago I got the lobbyists to stop giving me checks. Now unmarked random serial numbered twenties are the rule. I reformed the old paper trail.
Statement: We must stop this political bickering.
Thinking: Well, at least until my staff comes up with the next great smear ad.
Statement: There is so much I plan to do if elected.
Thinking: I have to hire all my friends and family, redecorate, find a girlfriend and open off shore bank accounts for starters.
Statement: The campaign trail has been grueling.
Thinking: Limos, private planes, catered meals, all my family with me, I wonder if that third shift factory worker at the smudge pot plant understands how hard I have it.
Statement: We must find alternative sources of energy
Thinking: A wind farm in Washington would probably be a killer producer.
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)Right, and where else but the good old USA could big Lenders lose their butts and get it back from those same old 'working stiffs' and where else but the good old USA could gas prices be held up long enough for all those Texas oil 'stock owners' to create their own private Fort Knox---before leaving the White House! and on, and on, and on!!!oh, great article.SandraThanks Sandra. The fact gas was jacked up this weekend while crude oil prices fell tell us that the oil companies are in control. Neither candidate has said a word about this.Mike
Mike,As we have discussed in the past,"we" the voters put these people in office. But not enought people vote, aroud here, a 20% voter turn out is considered good. "We" the voters need to go to the polls, both primery's and reguler elections and vote these BUMS out. It seems to me both the Rep. and Dems don't realy give us good candidates to have a choice for who to vote for.And, then when some elected officials who really votes "no" to some of this stuff, who don't back them enought to good people to run. So it seems "we" the voters are at fault in thie process.VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!Jim Griffin
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