Do you really expect each candidate to come into your living room and tell you what you want to hear? Do you really think it's their responsibility to use the correct "catch phrase" in their television ads to spark your interest?

It is YOUR responsibility to look up this information. If you're reading this diary, you have internet access... go to candidates' or parties' websites... if that isn't enough, go to local campaign headquarters... or search other public records. But, honestly, politics is not a game for the passive. And we're all playing it whether we know it or not, whether we want to or not, whether we try hard or not. Let's be responsible players, shall we?

So, since you're in the game... learn the rules... take action... make your voice heard... but please support ideas and candidates that will contribute to the greater good... not just to you or people like you. Be compassionate. We're all in the same boat, ya know?