What a Mess!

I'll bet you thought I was going to write about a mess in our addition - gotcha.

I'm commenting on some of the political mess we find ourselves in.

Here at home in Minnesota we can't declare a winner in the Senate race. The reason we can't has nothing to do with either candidate. The reason we can't is because many Minnesotans (and Americans for that matter) are illiterate. Illiterate you say, how does that affect the election? Illiterate because they couldn't read the instructions on their ballots and fill them out correctly. If you are offended by the word illiterate, try the word stupid.

How hard is it to read the directions and fill out the ballot? You (if you're a tax payer, you paid part of the bill) spent a lot of money trying to figure out "voter intent." The intent is always very clear - they either filled it out correctly or they didn't. There are NO gray areas here. If you can't follow directions, your vote shouldn't count.

And then there's the "lost" votes or was it the "found" votes. Either way some election worker tried to stack the results in favor of the candidate they supported. It wasn't on purpose you say? Really? You believe that? Not a chance. Neither side is above doing stuff like this. How is it that the supreme element of democracy - voting - is handled so loosely? Because those in power don't care how they get there or who they step on to get there.

Are you still questioning this reasoning? Look a little further south to Illinois. You know, the home of our recently elected 'savior of the world.' You only need to look at the governor there to find out that power has it's price. Fortunately for us, his price should be prison.

And finally the Prez-elect. He hasn't even taken office and he's up to his eyeballs in drama. He wants to nominate Panetta for the CIA and the guy doesn't have one stitch of experience being a spook. Now there's leadership. Offer a job to a guy that isn't qualified for it. Oh wait the banking industry and the car makers already beat the Prez-elect to that one.

Not messy enough yet? How about that other governor - Richardson - the potential commerce secretary that had to say "thanks but no thanks." Turns out he's being investigated too. I guess you shouldn't try and give favors if you're a governor - of any state.

So let's recap:

-One senate race undecided due to illiteracy (stupidity for those who are offended)
-One senate seat unseated because our democracy really isn't for sale
-One CIA leader appointee who isn't qualified
-One commerce secretary appointee who can't accept the job (possible corruption you know)
-And finally one Prez-elect who hasn't been sworn in and is ready to spend money we don't have. Translation "stimulus package."

Add that up and you get - let's see 1+1+1+1+Billions = 1 BIG STINKING MESS.

Excuse me I have to go throw up. Of course I'll have to clean up my own mess which is more than I can say for our political leaders.