I am concerned for our country. It seems that people that are unqualified to hold public office are being voted in because they are popular, cool, good with social media. I feel that if you are going to hold public office you should have to be able to pass a test first. You know how they make you pass a test to become a citizen? Well, that, only like that on steroids. Like you have to be able to name all the capitols of all of the countries and their leaders and why their leaders are important and what their leaders are allergic to and why you don't want to tick them off or how you could tick them off if you offered them chicken. Being a politician is not just a role to be taken lightly. It isn't about me me me, it is about how can we make the world work together so we don't all blow each other up. It is not being the parents that buy your kid drugs and beer because they want them, it is being the parent that says drugs are bad and here is why and here is a picture of what happens to your lungs if you smoke and now write a paper on how nicotine effects your colon.
My husband is one of these people. I would 100% vote for him but he would never run want to know why? People. People are annoying. If we continue to bully our politicians rather than support them this world is going to hell in a handbasket. I'm not saying let them do whatever they want. I'm saying put the people into office that stand for what you stand for. Don't just tell them what they are doing bad. Tell them what they are doing good. Be active in your freedom.
This world is not going to get better if we expect that we vote and then everything will get fixed. We have to put in the elbow grease. We have to help our fellow man. We have to see a problem and fix it NOT TAKE A PIC OF IT AND COMPLAIN THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA!!! Get out of your armchair quarterback position and put your back into it. This world is not going to get fixed in Washington.
Go out...Be kind.
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Oh, my goodness. Sister, preach! So many people are content to complain about the state of the world and then step back and wait for someone else to fix the problem. Matthew West came out with a song a few years ago called "Do Something" which landed right squarely on my heart:
So, I shook my fist at Heaven
Said, “God, why don’t You do something?”
He said, “I did, yeah, I created you” (now listen)
If not us, then who
If not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something, yeah
If not now, then when
Will we see an end
To all this pain
Oh, it’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something
I think the last two years have seen a massive change in people who are tired of the buck passing and of seeing things happen that they have no control over. Politics are an excellent demonstration of this; look at the number of women who have raised their hands and said "I want to be a part of the democratic process. I want a say in my government." That's really encouraging to me.
One of the positive outcomes of moving to California has been an ability to witness a strong, proactive community who actively participates and encourages others to participate in making the world a better, safer place for all. I never saw that kind of presence when we lived in Tennessee, I'm sad to say. It's encouraged me to get out, and as Matthew West sang to us, Do Something.
On a separate note, I agree that your husband would be an excellent person to take on public office. I would support that 1000%. I think, though, that he would never want to - and that, unfortunately, those with the moral character and conviction to represent in public office are the ones smart enough and possessing enough moral fibre to not want to. To be successful in politics you have to be persuadable. That would mean you could be ethically compromisable, intentionally or unintentionally. And a wise man (or woman) knows that you can't be in politics if you can't or won't compromise.
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