Super hero or Sidekick?

So, there's all this rave on these presidential candidates. And why should'nt there be? I mean it is a very controversial subject you know, politics. As previously discussed before in an earlier blog, I kept on saying how politics is controversial for the dinner table. Well, so now people out there keep telling us to vote and that it is our duty to vote. Now I do not understand how students who just turned 18, who basically did not pay attention in their high school government class, are told it is their duty to vote. Are you kidding me? What if the world was just composed of 75% of people who did not give a crap about the government? Then what? We would probably end up with a president who just sounds good and looks pretty damn hot, and hopefully that is the worst of it. Maybe adults, especially high school teenagers/adults, should be talking about politics more often. 

Now I am not going to lie, I hardly know about politics myself. Lately I have been trying to make up for the lost time by watching the debates,(which in some cases I have no idea what they are saying)<--this scares me, going on each presidential candidates website to learn a little about them, and every once in a while trying to listen to other people's debates on why they are voting for who they are voting. 

Presidential candidates always seem to give off a super hero kind of aura. It's a little disappointing once it fades. For one they promise all these things, that they don not end up keeping, and then, besides promising things, they promise things that they have absolutely no control over. What is that? It's POLITICS. So I looked up the literal definition of politics.

Here is what I found on Dictionary.com:

1. The science or art of political government

6. Use of intrigue or strategy in obtaining and position of power or control.

Umm? Do any of those sound appealing to you? Because you know, from what the definition states, it's an art or science that uses intrigue or strategy to obtain power. So it makes me wonder, who do you think are the people being intrigued under this artistic strategy? I am not going to say it isn't the right way to get the attention of people, it's finding out exactly what they are going to do after they have our attention. 

I have not yet chosen a presidential candidate. However, I have tried to make my decision by ways of research that include watching the debates. This may sound shallow but it is true when I say that the way a person presents themselves, means everything. Now both men in every debate, have been dressed properly and both address the questions they are presented(some more than others). However, what I have noticed is that one presidential candidate seems to address to a higher demand the concerns of most students who just became eligible to vote. Obama always stresses in all, if not most, of his campaigns that he wants to lower taxes for middle-class families so they can send their kids to college. For one he is gaining the support of a middle-class families, which is the highest percentage of the population, and he is also gaining the support of college students that are  in debt because of loans to be able to go to college. He 

gives hope to these people. On the other side, McCain in his debates always shows to be a little rude when he is always interrupting and seems to be a little narrowminded.

Truth is I still have no idea who I am going to vote for and if I have enough time before the election if I even will be voting. I guess unconsciously I know.

Exposed to Politics

Throughout my entire life I never really gave a damn about politics. I always figured it didnt matter because basically everything that went on in my individual everyday life was pretty much okay. I hardly ever saw any horror of what a person can truly do and it NEVER would have occurred to me that someone on our side would ever try to hurt us. I had never really understood why people have such negative comments about politicians and why they were always such "liars". Truth is that the concept is still a little hard for me to understand. However, I feel like im a little "eyes wide open" now. After watching the second clip of Natasha's blog, I grew REALLY scared. It was so scary to me how these thoughts even occurred to people. I was wondering why it would never occur to me? Why would someone think this? Is it possible that the government could truly do something this evil? While watching the clip I gre extremely confused which isnt ever truly rare for me because im always confused. But I was never really ever scared of my government and that was weird. It's just always been so logical to me that we have these people that we choose that are supposed to be helping us make this place, that we live in, better than it is. I believe intentions here are all wrong. I dont know whether i agree or disagree completely with all the things that the government does, but one thing I have realized is that the "TRULY GOOD INTENTIONS" are never there. For politics theres always a reason for the intentions and its usually for a "give and take" reason. I'm not sure if the government was in on the September 11th attack and I dont know if I should believe that people can truly be this way. Sometimes I think its better to be naive but knowledgeable at the same time. Does that even make sense? Ever since I figured out that I had no idea who I was choosing who I would vote for, I started watching the presidential debates. Although I still have no idea, I hope I can make a better decision by trying to understand exactly the "TRUE" intentions of these candidates.