As a young, burgeoning university student, I dreamed of one day climbing the political ladder to lay claim to various, prestigious public offices across the country. However, three years (and massive amounts of cynicism) later, I find myself disgusted by the whole profession.
Backroom deals, Machiavellian tactics, cut throats, backstabbers, floor crossers, hypocrites, thieves, scoundrels. Seriously, outside of prison I don't know where you get a higher concentration of bad apples.
Yet, year in and year out, decade after decade, we continue to vote and pay tribute to those in public office. We forget the scams and the scandals, we blow off the double talk and dishonesty, and we say, "Maybe this time will be different. Maybe this guy/girl will do a good job." Sound like you?
Anyways, here is yet another story of political shenanigans:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/24/cp-torystaffer.html
PC Party (Ontario) staffer hacks into Liberal Party website. So what. Do I really care? The short answer is no.
What does bother me however is the comments that people make on the comment boards. Canadians who turn the blinders on to defend their own, political ideologies.
It doesn't seem to matter how many facts, figures you show someone - they will rarely change their minds.
If you're right, you're right:
"Those crazy lefties, bleeding heart liberals, socialists. They don't understand the issues."
If you're left, you're left: "Friggin' right-wingers. Damn Bush-loving, war-mongering, welfare-hating cold hearted bastards."
As long as we have politics we will have two opposing sides. We need a new model of governance in this country: a model that encourages throwing politics aside to work to find a solution in a fair and constructive manner. We, joe public, need to be involved in that process. Decision-making can't merely be left up to a handful of rich lawyers turned politicians. Will we ever see such a day?
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