TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Answer this question for me: “why do political parties exist?” The only answer I have is to encourage hard-working men and women to donate money they cannot afford to waste, hoping to elect a man or woman they likely know nothing about. Voting is a right, not a privilege. However, with any right comes responsibility. It is our duty to know the position on the issues supported by every man or woman seeking our precious votes. Most voters fail this responsibility. Studies have revealed that most voters vote according to what they see on television. This is moronic. All political ads during a two-year-long campaign are composed of lies and misdirection. I trust no one. Therefore, I feel an obligation to learn the truth about every candidate. I am an Independent, and I take the right to vote very seriously. Want proof that Independent voters are the only ones who cherish the right to vote and accept the responsibilities attached to it? Look at these names: Trump, Mo...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart We are responsible for one irrefutable fact: the government of the United States is the most incompetent and corrupt in the world. We the people, the voting public, without accurate information, and being led astray by the right-wing propaganda machine, FOX News, and other extremist fake news organizations, elected the worst of the worst: men and women who are woefully incompetent and have no loyalty to our nation and our people. WHEN THE END BEGAN In 2009 the Republican Party endorsed a policy which became its ultimate demise in 2017. In that fateful year, the Koch brothers, confirmed as the wealthiest billionaires in our nation behind Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, funded a group of incompetent men and women who promised to support every issue important to these anti-American billionaires. They called themselves the “TEA Party, and acronym for “taxed enough already,” a catchy name without substance or meaning. The truth is, Republican leadership h...