Sunday, December 23, 2007

"Not always right, but I'm always real; that's how I sleep at night."


"Not always right, but I'm always real; that's how I sleep at night."
Virtues: Honor, Pride, right vs. wrong, politics

On any given day, I have any given mood to aspire to change my career direction to psychology, entertainment, programming, and even to politics. I'm always on the news tip watching either local or national news from the likes of CNN & Fox News (insert joke here), and I am impressed how politicians are able to answer a question without answering the question; commonly known as circular argumentation. Its also interesting to see how politicians seem to always get themselves in some scandal where there is some piece of revealing audio/video footage, perversive picture, or online chat transcript of foolery - that is one of the reasons why I will never take 'pictures' (of the indecent kind) with any girlfriend, or make a 'sex tape' which is what the Hollywood kids seem to be doing nowadays; I mean people, think about your futures before you do something - its called foresight & common sense.

But back to politics and politicking, if I were to model myself of a current politician, I would choose the politician that stays true to their self; I would not design myself as one who switches positions based upon population/voter research and what my 'handlers' tell I should do. Politics have received negative light because, pretty much, politicians are not honest, lack credibility, and are at the mercy of the interests of their financiers.

That ain't 'keeping it real'.

One politician that has to be respected - on a characteristic level, not for his policies, is the U.S.'s current President George Bush. Yes, he is not very charismatic, doesn't have the swagger as Clinton, and has made some very questionable actions (i.e. Katrina, Iraq), one thing that can be said is the quote that this piece references: "Not always right, but I'm always real; that's how I sleep at night." Bush is very adamant in his decisions and I think it can be said that he honestly believes that his decisions are right. I think he believes that he is doing the 'right thing' and is not concerned about appealing to popular consensus if it means violating his beliefs.

Even though his policies have been twisted and may even defy logic to some, I am sure that George Bush sleeps well at night; and as a politician, that may be the most important and coveted quality that one can achieve.

.:: d.b
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