Democracy Or Dynasty???

In "The Talk Of The Town" it displayed a point that I hadn't even thought about. How in a democratic country with hundreds of thousands of different families living in it, two of them have ruled the country for 20 now, possibly even 28, years. That is a scary thought. If Clinton wins the 2008 election then becomes reelected it would mean that the United States of America has had been run by two families for 28 years. How could this be? Has it just been luck? Or knowing the right people? I believe it is because the name is familiar. This is not the first time in history that this has happened. It happened with the Adam's for 2 and 6 and Harrison's for 9 and 23. As well as the Roosevelt's for 26 and 32. Why does this keep on occurring? Maybe it is not so complicated. When a parent does something it seems really easy to accomplish that goal. My father is a doctor and it seems easy for me to do that and follow in his footsteps(Although I don't want too at all). When somebody you know accomplishes a goal it makes it seem all the more feasible to accomplish your self. In ordinary kid would think of running for president and think of it as an impossible task. When George Bush saw his Dad could do it he realized it was possible and did it himself. As this article states the factor is dynasty. The second to last sentence in the article is "Bush's failure to learn much of anything for the past six years suggests a deficit of character, not of experience: his unwillingness to employ his father's skills and advice on behalf of the nation shows a disrespectful disregard for a dynasty's biggest advantage. " I believe this sentence sums it up. If you are put into office because you are a link in the chain of a dynasty use all the knowledge that your previous "links" used to create the chain. By doing this it makes the chain and the nation stronger.

Blog Numero Uno.... again: The Election

This was one of the harder Blogs to write, mainly because I did not know what to write about. I have never taken a liking to politics or government. Seeing as how I will be eighteen by the next presidential election, this would be a good time to start taking an interest in those things. My mom is a democrat, and my father is a republican, and I have no clue what I am. I find it interesting that a person is one or the other. Almost always if a person is a republican they will vote for the republican candidate even if they agree with a candidate from a different party. The same is for every other party. What I believe decides who will be the winner of any election, is the few people that are extremely unbiased and the number of voters. The people that always vote republican or always vote democrat, those numbers will not change. The people that vote based on each candidates policies and thoughts are the votes that truly count. Also the number of people that vote is a large factor. I am extremely new to the system of voting and I don't really get how it works. For a long time I thought everybody votes, they total up the votes and who ever has the most wins. But this is not true, it is a lot more complicated. I feel as if it is too complicated. I also believe that voting should be open for up too a week. So if people are busy or if an emergency occurs they may still have time to vote. Another option is that the day the vote occurs it should be a sort of holiday and their should not be school for seniors or work for adults. This way everybody is able to vote and does not have much of an excuse. By doing this alot more votes would be calculated and everybody feels as if they were able to contribute in the election process. But I am not sure if everybody's vote really does matter. In the last presidential election Al Gore wont the popular vote but lost the electoral vote and ended up losing the election. This makes absolutely no sense to me. How can the majority of citizens in a democratic country vote for somebody then have a different candidate win. I have asked people to explain this to me but when ever I ask them they give me a very vague answer, that only complicates my thoughts, and makes me believe that they don't know the answer them selves. Either way, it has been eight years since that occurred and it is time for a new president to move into the oval office.