#585 Gubers and Raison d’etre

Whatever happened to the Truth in Advertising law?
And does it apply to campaigning?
When you listen to some political campaigns, it sure doesn’t seem like it. The non-declared republican non-candidate for governor is the latest of many.
There have been democrats, republicans and independents doing it for years. Heck, George Washington was the first to “wait to be called” by his people.
Except in his case, it really was the people, not just his most partisan supporters.
The current non-candidate in Washington is making a big deal out of “not running” as he speaks to chambers and churches and gatherings across the state.
His supporters are loving every minute of it.
It’s kind of ironic in a way. This election he’s not running for a long time. Last election he was running for a longer time than most candidates would—throwing in his towel way past the time it took Al Gore to do something similar 4 years before for an even bigger office.
There’s many who will tell you the gubernatorial guy was robbed. There are millions more who’ll tell you the presidential guy was robbed—after all, he was putatively robbed nationally.
But the sad fact remains that if either one of them had had a clear majority, say 60 percent, neither of them would have lost.
When the decision is closest is when the tuning has to be the finest.
But our election system is like an old family doctor.
Cutting out a swollen appendix is a lot easier than brain surgery.
And when elections turn into brain surgery you know you’re headed for trouble—not least because most people vote with their heart, not their brains.
So it hurts that much more when you lose. And you carry the pain for a lot longer.
I want to reach out to those people and say, hey, get over it.
There’s another candidate out there who will be better for you. Maybe he or she will get 60 or even 65 percent. There’s lots of candidates in the sea. Why stay with someone who’s let you down? Don’t settle.
You deserve happiness.
America ya gotta love it