And Then There Were Three

I was at work last night and was kind of bored (nothing new) so I picked up an old issue of Time magazine. It was an issue previewing the New Hampshire primaries, which were the following week. Inside the magazine they had some behind the scenes type stuff from McCain, Clinton, and Obama. There were pictures of each, but something about the pictures struck me as odd. In at least one photo of each you could see a campaign sign of some sort that had the word "Change" somewhere on it.

Now probably every election that has ever taken place for any office from school boards to class presidents to President of the United States has had at least one candidate running on a platform of change. So I guess I shouldn't surprised to see the photos of our final three candidates, but the word "change" seems to be used more in this campaign than any other I can remember.

All of the Bush bashers out there like to throw the word change around a lot and they like to tell you why their candidate can bring this change (whatever change means), but are people out there really this dumb?? Lets take a step back and look at a few things. First, what do the three remaining candidates all have in common? They are each current US Senators. They have already been elected by their home states (weird because I thought Hillary was from Arkansas, but whatever) to go to Washington and serve. Clinton has been in office since January of 2001, Obama since January of 2005, and McCain since January of 1987.

So I ask you this. Haven't they already had plenty of opportunities to "change" whatever it is they want to change? If they think things need to be changed then aren't they proposing to change something they were a part of? Why are grown people showing up at political rallies and dancing and cheering for candidates talking about changing something they created?!?! THEY ARE THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is why I supported Rudy Giuliani for President. His record of public service is one of ACTUAL change, not just some campaign signs with the word written across them. In four years we will be watching another campaign season unfold. Some of these same characters we have seen in this campaign will jump back in again. They will all complain and bash the incumbent. Some of the faces may change, but the message of change will still be there as we continue to elect people who are happy with business as usual in Washington.

In my opinion America won't elect a real leader of change until many of you reading this aren't able to retire because Social Security has gone bust. When it messes with your bottom line you will support real change. Until then get those flashy campaign signs ready and cheer for the candidate (problem) near you.