darn politics!

i'm trying to be a responsible voter, so i spent some time studying the voter information guide last night. as if observing the presidential campaign from afar wasn't enough, that further cemented my disgust for all things political. every single proposition seems to have a few really good things that would be accomplished, with all these detrimental things tacked onto them - nothing's a win-win situation. so it's a matter of choosing whether to try to get that one really great thing accomplished at the cost of all those other issues. it's just so frustrating that everything in politics seems to be gray, and every interest group is so self-serving...i know, i know, that's what defines an interest group, but i just wish people could put aside their differences to actually write a law that does what's best for people and the state. i feel like propositions might start off that way, but as they go along whatever processes and procedures necessary, they get bogged down by loopholes and other things people add in to try to get their issues in...sigh...stinkin lawmakers. of couse, what do i know about law-making, anyway...

so today, i went with a friend to a brown bag lunch discussion at school. this woman from the liberty hill foundation, a non-profit organization for voter education, explained the propositions that related to healthcare and some of the other bigger issues. that was actually very helpful, so now i feel a little bit better. i'll just be glad when elections are over...