amnesia.  it seems those politicians responsible for war, or taxes, or gluttony of riches, for lying about the truth, for delaying a vote because they were not paid enough by the lobbyists, for looking the other way in spite of the facts or lack of facts, all come down with amnesia.  they assume, i assume, that most people will forget the grains of truth recent history presented, and by the time the historians recant the facts out of the fiction, most people will have moved on and forgotten what really happened.

when do we ever hold accountable a politician?  when do we ask them to explain what they did, and why they did it?

we are told by politicians that the institution of marriage is sacred, and while they are making that sales pitch, they are cheating on their spouses, and newtie even has the audacity to have been cheating on his wife as he called bill clintons extra marital affair a sin.  we are told that the economy will be better if we all allow the trickle down theory to work, the middle class suffers as senator graham from texas is a courting the saudi's and making deals to increase his pocketbook. we proceed in a war in iraq with no bid contracts to help our soldiers and receive in return shoddy equipment from mister cheney's company, who after he left the us in shambles is now back on the payroll.  we are told that education is not really good for running the country, and ask the electorate who would you rather have a meal with, a smart rich educated man like john kerry, or a good ole boy, like george bush.  and john mccain somehow feels no remorse that americans should cater to the lowest of low common denominators and elect sarah palin as vp.

how many times do we have to vote out the bum, before no more bums are voted in?

sometimes i think the voter has a worse case of amnesia than the politicians.