I am young, I cannot honestly testify to anything other than what I have known in the few years I have been of intelligence to follow and understand the game of politics and the art of government. I can only give witness to the yearning of times when statesmen carried a highly sought status and dignity, a nostalgia for something I have never experienced. I look and listen to these men who hold the highest offices in our country and the president of the this nation, at one time considered the most powerful moan on the planet, succumb to petty ideological stalemates.
I used to be a boy who admired and looked up to the image of the statesman. I admired the dignity, the reprehensibility, the commitment, the status and the power to effect so much - all for the promotion of people and the good. Now, all I see are politicians who effect for a reelection bid, who are in office to seek personal gain, who desire to make the other look bad by childish antics and immature and unintelligent, if at all, debates.
Where has the era gone where men went to Washington to debate, talk, dialogue and work to get problems and challenges met?
I never knew of a time in my life where this was executed, but I know as a boy, I admired a generation that did execute such dignity in their office. I still do admire that image and wish it was the image that populated our capitals. I have just become disappointed and disgusted with how these men, the highest and most noble in our nation, portray themselves and execute the offices they have been given.
This is an issue that I harbor a lot of opinions on and it will be something I will comment on as time goes on.
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