POLITICS

I'm not a particularly political person, but I do try to pay attention to some of the things going on in the world in which I live in. 

I'm not going to comment on the Presidential Candidates, nor on any of the other races that have gone on these last (many!) months, not so far as the people themselves go.  Most of them I've never met and don't know whether or not I would like them as individuals, so with few exceptions I have to vote 'blind' and it's always akin to buying a pig in a poke.

I just have a couple of points I DO want to comment on. 

One is that I need to pay closer attention over the next four years to what's going on out there. 

What I'm going to be looking for is a person who does their homework before opening their mouth, tells us up front what they want to do and how they want to do it, and then follows through.  Without bickering and without throwing mud all over anyone else in the process.  It would be SUCH a relief to hear 'No Comment' every time someone is asked about their opposition instead of all the blame game stuff we've been hearing, and all the finger-pointing that's been going on.  Give me someone who is more interested in getting the job done than in smearing someone else. 

The other, and more important in my opinion, issue is that the closeness of this election is a 'red flag' to me.  Almost half and half; we have become a nation divided.  How are we going to pull ourselves back together? 

I have no solutions, no advice even; all I have is hope and a prayer.

Come to think of it, I reckon that's mostly about all the people had who founded this country.  That and a lot of hard-headedness.  Surely we can't all have gone soft in the head?  God forbid. 

But it's about time for this little old gramma lady to stop thinking so much and start sleeping - I need my rest, you know!