Election 2016

I was wondering why Donald kept talking about having Ambassadors who know how to make good deals, I had never paid much attention to Ambassadors so I did some reading - and found this: Policy
"Consulting with the president and the U.S. State Department, ambassadors relay policy stances and decisions to the foreign governments they're associated with. In some cases, they may negotiate trade or security agreements" wikipedia , so, it started me thinking.

And so, Trump has me thinking - he has the right idea - he makes a lot of sense and has hit a nerve in so many of us who are frustrated with this whole political thing, we elect people who we think hold our values etc. We elect people based on their voting records and reputations but lets be honest, we are getting good politicians people who are good at getting elected - not necessarily good at running things, many of them have no real track record in what we call the "real world." and sometimes we elect a "man or woman of God " thinking they will be better - now of course I am not saying they are all bad - please don't give me names of this person or that one - I think we can all agree that we are tired of this political game, of the money that runs the politicians instead of the politicians running the money. My son's advice in tennis is don't let the ball play you; you need to play the ball. So this whole idea of hiring politicians who are career politicians is like nuts - we are hiring people whose expertise is getting elected and yes I said hiring - cause we need to look at it that way - instead of electing people whose whole thing is knowing how to get and stay elected - we need to look to the Trumps) of this world or the Dr. Carson's who have skill sets that go beyond political - if Trump just say is elected President, who will be his cabinet? Who will be the ambassadors, why not have the ambassadors of these countries be people who are good negotiators, good organizers (not community) good at running businesses instead of people who are looking for a leg up into the political world - people who don't give a darn, do not need money like Trump - People who are great in their field of expertise - have term limits for Congress take away the whole donor class entirely - Why can't we get some of these wheelers and dealers to work for nothing or very little for a year or two or so and put their skills into getting this country back into shape -

To continue my rambling thoughts, what have we done, how far have we strayed from where we should be? How much farther will we go before we fall off the cliff? Look what is happening to Mark Meadows for standing up to the leadership in the GOP and what is happening to Schumer for daring to vote against something Obama wants. They are called Representatives for a reason, they are to rep us, you and me - Ted Cruz calls it the Washington cartel, Carly Fiorina refers to crony capitalism no matter what you call it it is wrong. We are supposed to be of, for and by We the people - but we have abdicated our authority - and yet how do we take it back? We keep voting for people we think will do the right thing and some do, but most give into the pressure - maybe it is not DC that needs to be shaken up maybe it is not Congress that needs to Wake up, maybe it is us. Maybe we need to get more involved, make more demands - I dunno VOTE perhaps - and maybe just maybe we need to send some very different kind of people to DC - people get knocked out of a race for seemingly small things - in one way we have become so focused on the little petty things that we have forgotten that this is war, war for the very soul of America -. I know one thing, things MUST change.

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