Stupid???

Are we stupid? Really! Are the voters as stupid as the candidates seem to think we are? Are these candidates unable to read opinion polls? Have they lost their ability to listen to TV commentators? Do they really thing that the 2012 election is going to be about who is the most conservative? Listening to their rhetoric one might come to that conclusion. All they seem to say is “I’m the most conservative”; or, “he’s a moderate”; or, “he’s (gasp) a liberal”. None of the polls indicate that the “people” care about labels. The polls say the people are concerned about jobs. According to the polls, over 60% of the people, from both parties, by the way, feel that raising the rate of the top tax bracket is a good solution to reducing the deficit. Yet, in spite of the polling data, the only thing offered besides the label game is anti-Obama rhetoric. While I am not a political consultant, I am a voter. Believe it or not, I have voted for Republicans in the past (way, way past unfortunately). I want to vote for someone with solutions. I want to vote for someone who understands the US economy is demand dependent. I want to vote for someone who has the courage to raise taxes when necessary. I want to vote for someone who has appreciation for both the strengths and weakness of our country and who is trying to eliminate our weaknesses and not overuse our strengths. I want to vote for someone who realizes that military power is not measures only by the number and caliber of our guns. Now, those may be stupid reasons to select a candidate for president, but they make more sense than looking at a slate made up of label makers.