Super Tuesday has come and gone, but many are left with a muddled brain as to which candidate to chose. As motivated and excited as everyone feels about the upcoming presidential election, many are struggling with the choice at hand.
For many students at GCCC this could be their first opportunity to exercise their right to vote. In order to make an informed decision we need to look at the key issues and see where we stand. Often this can be an overwhelming task.
We hear many sides to each candidate but it seems we never truly know what each candidate stands for.
The other prevalent problem is the fact that we as students and the next generation of this country are expected to vote on someone of equal rank as us to lead this country, but we do not know who to decide, nor how.
Our elders become infuriated at our generations lack of enthusiasm for the political race but in all honesty is not politics just a race of who can tell a better lie? Honestly our president is only required to fulfill two jobs, appoint Supreme Court members, and protect our country. Now yes our President plays a role in influencing budgets, health care, and other such projects but in all honesty has no control over them. He/she can say yes I agree or now I disagree and give their input but has no control in making it happen.
So why bother in blabbering on and on about who has a better health care plan when they truly have now power in changing it? Good intentions line the path to hell. It’s results that matter and that make an impact.
Protecting this is where their full intentions aught to be upon. Are we or are we not at war with a country across seas. Should that not be the main focus of what our presidential candidates she be pressing upon. Because to be frank the issues that are most heard upon the news is attempting to get a woman in the white house or an African American in the white house. But is that where our concerns should lie.
To our age group and the men that are signing are registering or becoming apart of the military with the woman of our generation should it not be important to our future President that we are signing our names to a war that seems not to be priority one to them.
Blaming the youth for their lack of enthusiasm is not getting us anywhere nor you our elders. But if we are not made to feel cared about when it comes to our lives, why should we care about Hillary Oraka or any other Presidential candidate. What attempts have been made to make our generation aware and care about a candidate to choose? Selfish or self-centered you may think but the fact of the matter is the Presidential candidates and spinning a quilt of promises, ideas, and good intentions for you our elders just to get your vote. But we have seen no signs of follow through so who’s more naive you or us? Maybe is not just the fact that we’re apathetic maybe it’s just the fact that we aren’t about to vote for someone we don’t trust to lead this country, at least until further notice.
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