Call Me Hypocritical!

I decided to look at some of the political candidates that have thrown their hats into the ring for the 2008 Presidential race. It is only February 2007 and as of now, there are thirteen candidates, from both parties, who are collectively going to spend countless of millions of dollars trying to convince us to allow them to take the next step and represent their political party as candidate for the highest office in the land.

Most of the candidates are hypocrites. They change direction like a sailboat tacking in the wind. Every time the political winds blow the other way they seems to change their course. Can we believe them? Are they just telling us what we want to hear? I cannot remember when most politicians ever answered the same question twice with the same answer.

It seems their answers and rhetoric are dependant on their audience at the time they open their mouths. Why do they always seem to answer a question with a question? I sometimes listen to the interviews and scratch my head. Sometimes to my wife’s chagrin, I scream at the television, "Why don't you answer the question." Maybe if they stuck to the issues more people would have more respect for them.

If you want to represent this country as the most powerful leader in the free world, you had better have the answers to the questions. As questioners, we have the right not to like the answers, but those being questioned must answer them now or we will give them our answer on Election Day. As my dad used to say, "Don't ask the question if you think you may not like the answer."

Let us look back at the hypocrisy of some of our political leaders some who even want to be President. Like Senator John Kerry (D-MA), who once said, said. "First I voted for the war after I voted against it." On the other hand, was it the other way around, I am still confused. Call me undisidable.

Hillary, criticized the FBI for not providing the documents related to the Oklahoma City bombing in a timely manner. However, it took the former first lady over 2 years to turn over subpoenaed evidence relating to the White Water case. Call me unreliable.

During an NBC interview a week after the 9/11 attacks, Hillary told Jane Pauley that, "When the two planes hit the World Trade Towers, her daughter was at Battery Park jogging. She was going to jog around the twin towers but decided to get a cup of coffee instead when the first plane hit." Was she trying to illicit sympathy from her audience? She should have checked with Chelsea first. Chelsea claims when the planes struck the towers that she was uptown at a friend’s apartment having breakfast while watching the attack on television. Call me reprehensible.

John Edwards, said "I believe that we shouldn't have two different economies in America: one for people who are set for life, they know their kids and their grand-kids are going to be just fine; and then one for most Americans, people who live paycheck to paycheck. You don't need me to explain this to you do you?" That is why I am building my 29,000 Square foot house. Talk about hypocrisy.

Rudy Giuliani is for a woman's right to chose however, he does not like abortion. Call me undesidable.

Ted Kennedy, who said during the hearings of the senate immigration subcommittee when voting for legislation to open up our borders. "This bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society. It will not relax the standards of admission. It will not cause American workers to lose their jobs. Huh! Well I meant well.

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, said that we have to be fiscally responsible so that taxpayer’s money is not used irresponsibly. Now she wants a private plane to take her back and forth to San Francisco. She wants 42 Business Class seats with a private entertainment room and bedroom so she can sleep on her trips. Each trip will cost the taxpayers $300,000. Call me irresponsible.

Do you know how congressional representative vote? The can see the votes of their colleagues before they lock in their vote. They have time to change their mind. Therefore, when they see that the vote is going the other way they change their vote. This way they cannot say I voted against something, I went along with the crowd. Well, going along with the crowd is not why you were elected.

I believe all politicians should take ventriloquist lessons. Since they have already learned to speak out of both sides of their mouth anyway. Do they really think we are the dummies?

The lyrics to the following song probably say's it all about how today's candidates view the office of the President of the United States. As you read them think about the candidates as if they were imaginarily singing to the office of the President.

"Call Me Irresponsible"

Lyrics and music by: Sammy Cahn and Jimmie Van Heusen

"Seems I'm always making resolutions, Like every night for me is New Year's Eve.

Things they chisel on those institutions, The lofty thoughts I never quite achieve.

Each time I'm taking bows cause things went well. Things go awry, and there I am saying, "I meant well."

Call me irresponsible, call me unreliable, throw in undependable, too.

Do my foolish alibis bore you? Well I'm not too clever, I just adore you.

Call me unpredictable, tell me I'm impractical, rainbows I'm inclined to pursue.

Call me irresponsible - yes, I'm unreliable, but it's undeniably true.

I'm irresponsibly mad for you."

Being a hypocrite is not much different from being a liar. However, hypocrisy goes one-step further; it involves betraying your deeply held beliefs.

And, that is my opinion

Michael Solomon

Author of 'Where Did My America Go?"

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