Not another political ad

I'll brief here.  I'm not into talking politics on my blog.  Much like your faith, that's between you and God.  But I do want to address the inundation of political ads on every form of media you can think of and more. 

First:  Vote.   Right, wrong, otherwise - it doesn't matter what you choose to vote, but the lack of voting is lazy and undermines the very principles this country is founded on.  You can do / be / create anything you wnat for yourself in this country, but you have to be part of the process or you're part of the problem.  So seriously, find 30 minutes and vote.  It's important.

Second:  STOP WITH THE ADS TEARING DOWN OTHER PEOPLE.  Sorry to yell, but I'm so sick of it.  We go on and on about teaching kids not to bully others, but then we spend millions on ad teaching them how to bully with the best.  Sure, you may not be pushing down your opponents on the sidewalk, but if the only way you can look good is to make them look bad - perhaps you're not all that great either?

When did it become the national argument to deflect attention from what people are actually doing / capable of doing to pointing the finger at everyone around them and saying, "But they are worse!"
If electing or hiring the lesser of two evils is the only choices we have, then this country had better take a long hard look at the people we are allowing to run things.  Not only that, but we better start paying much closer attention to the younger generations who will take over those spots in our golden years.  They aren't learning how to keep this nation healthy, prosperous, and whole - they are learning how to behave like 5 year olds.

If you don't actually want to do the work involved - don't try to get the job.  The interview shouldn't be about how you're better than the other candidates because they are terrible people, but about how you're best for the job period.  It's how everyone else gets hired, right?  If you can't prove you want to do the work and are on fire for the position, that you're the best person they could hire to represent their company and brand, you shouldn't get the job.  (Unless you tell them you're willing to work for half the salary they want to pay, then you don't have to be able to the job at all.  But that's another conversation altogether...)

For us, the voting constituency, we're the hiring managers for those in leadership.  Collectively, we're the people that get to choose who best should fill those positions.  When did we start hiring for popularity over results?  Why?  Is this really the lesson we want to teach our children?  The legacy we want to show the world? 

The political ads are a shining example of losing your way in America.  They are prolific.  The amount of money spent on them, if used for any number of other much needed reforms (education, transportation, healthcare, etc.), could change a number of political conversations.  They are not flattering nor, in my opinion, productive.  For the most part, there is no intent to enrich the national debate through them and they make the entire nation look worse for their existence and current usage.  It certainly feels like for every one informative ad, there are 49 nasty, personality bashing, dirt-slinging, ideal-biased, and even untrue ads in our face. 

It's not okay.  This message brought to you by me.  No one made a dime or was harmed in the making of this message.  Hopefully, it's just some food for thought for all of you.