So today, I want to say here on my blog what so many Americans and likely Europeans are saying right now in their homes, in their work places and in there local establishments of find beverages. Politics is nothing more than a sport. Simple as that.
What made me come to this conclusion today was watching some morning news while I was eating breakfast and it just hit me, the way they are reporting about the political climate is just like they report about sports. Here in the US, the cable channels, MSNBC, FOXNEWS and CNN are just like ESPN is in the world of sports. They follow politics, watch politics and report on politics like there is a match, game or event happening where the outcome is nothing more than the meaningless win or loss for a free enterprise organization that pays people to entertain.
The sport of politics has teams of people, it has positions on the team, it has coaches, it has managers, it has owners that spend the money, it has interested observers, it has media coverage from all angles, it has controversy, it has the big comebacks and the colossal collapses.
But, in real sports, the winning and losing only really effects the private enterprise of a team of people that are being paid to entertain. I know it, you know it and they know it. It is entertainment that we can either choose to engage in or not.
In the current sport of politics, the winning and losing never really impacts the people that are doing the playing. The unfortunate truth is that treating politics and policy as a sport impacts all of us in ways that we can't always control.
I wish that more people in political life would see this and treat their job with the dignity and respect that the office deserves. And realize that while they are playing a game, real people are the ones that are losing.....
Ok, now off my soap box....
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