Too much political analyzing by people who don't know

We're at the doorstep of Memorial Day Weekend. Yay! Finally, the weather, the calendar...they conspire to give us time to do what we enjoy best, recreate in our own way (many of us will spend at least a few hours with whatever game we enjoy). So what's with all this darned news about the presidential race which is still months away?

I guess there is one thing we can all count on. Reporters are good at being reporters, whatever that job entails. But that does not make them experts at the things they cover or report. The brew-haha at Fox about the sex in Mass Effect is one small example of a greater problem: if we, the listeners do not know the truth of the matter, we are vulnerable to being misinformed by a news media that also does not have their facts straight.

It struck me today...when I heard the question (asked by an NPR 'voice'): are we ready for a woman in the white house? Well, let me suggest that the reason they are getting muddy answers is that they are asking the wrong darned question! It's not whether or not we are ready...I'm pretty sure that if the RIGHT woman were presented to the people, it would be a landslide, even among those who might otherwise hesitate to vote for a woman. Same with a person of any color/race or other persuasion.

It isn't that Hilary is winning or losing or whatever based on the fact she can wear a skirt without raising eyebrows (well, I don't honestly remember when I last saw her in one, so who knows?) Why do these talking heads keep forming the issue in these terms? It's whether or not Hilary is the right individual, male or female, for the country, which I think is more the issue, but for whatever reason, these people don't seem to catch on.

While there are no shortage of people willing to talk AT us, telling us what we are thinking, I want to know where are all the people who are willing to listen to what we're saying?

I don't want 4 or 8 more years of 'the same." We've already had Bush I and Bush II and Clinton I. Do we need a Clinton II? Is that not more of the same? I think the dynasties that have ruled this country for the past few decades need a rest.

i don't know how I feel about Barach Obama. But I assure you, his color is the last thing I'm thinking about. I'm fairly sure that many others out there feel the same. It's what he has to offer, what he's saying (and notably, what he's not saying) or what he's proposing (and notably, what he's not proposing.) He's made some rookie mistakes. Being a person of color isn't one of them. BTW, it's an error to call him African American, he's not of African descent. Our politically correct age doesn't suggest how to describe someone of color who is not of African descent. I prefer to overlook the color issue entirely. It's what he offers; or what he doesn't, that concerns me. There's a lot of campaign left for all of the contestants to wear their colors and showcase their ideas.

As for Republicans, well, I can't help but wonder what their candidate will stand for tomorrow, since his stance has been so malleable over the past 15 years. It's almost scary to think how influenceable he is. He is a hero, but heck, anyone can change. In a way, it saddens me the most when I consider how heroic is his legacy. I cringe when I hear him apologize for some of the acts that truly must offend him, considering they were used against him so long ago. And I know his view on those issues has changed. More the shame. Give me someone who can stand for what they believe, even in the fact of huge and powerful opposition, and when everyone realizes that the opposition was wrong, viola, you have a larger-than-life hero. But it's a stance very few can make. I don't even know if I could.

Where does that leave us? I am left with one question. Why is it that the pundits, talking heads, the "Experts"; why do they all seem to talk to us as if we're too shallow, too ignorant, too vapid to do a little thinking without their coaching? Why don't they value what we think enough to ask us why we're voting as we are? Why sit there and make things up based on their own projecting? It's what they think, ergo, it must be what we think?

I have something good and something bad to think of each of the candidates, and there are others running whose names have been (intentionally) left completely out of the debate (which is another slam on the media by itself). The system is broken, and the people who are explaining it to us need to get off their pedestals, turn OFF the microphones and turn ON the hearing aids. Maybe then they'd know what we really think. Please don't let the media tell you what "we all" are thinking. Heck, they don't know! Do what your conscience and intelligence dictates and hang the media. Minnesota gave the media a complete slap in the face when we elected Jesse Ventura. Regardless of how you feel about him, one thing is certain, he demonstrated to the press, the media, and the pundits that they don't know everything! They were gobsmacked! I think that's delicious!

I recommend everyone, if you care about the presidential (and governmental) race; please do your own research and don't trust these arrogant, self-absorbed, and self-aggrandizing grandstanders to inform your opinion. They don't know what we're thinking, and they don't know anything about our lives.

(edited for grammar/punctuation)