Presidential Elections

          The upcoming presidential election brought me to a realization about how many candidates lie. Maybe not lie as much as sugar-coat everything, or make promises they have no intention of keeping. They may believe that they will uphold their promises when they get elected, but as soon as they get into office, they realize why they can't actually do it

Take President Obama for example; during his campaign for office in 2008, he promised that the troops would be out of Iraq in less than a year, he would improve the economy, etc. How many of his campaign promises have actually come true? I believe we still have troops in Iraq, and our economy is spiraling downward and we have a very excessive debt.

Maybe one of the problems is that their goals are aimed too high for Airforce One to reach. Think about it. If we were to pull all of our troops out of Iraq in one year, wouldn’t that leave the situation extremely unstable and possibly prove to be the lighter for a terrorist bombing? He should have proposed that we bring the troops out slowly over the next few years like he ended up doing when he got into office. Of course that would mean less people would vote for him wouldn’t it?

I may be the only one, but I believe his bailout plan was one of his stupidest ideas. If he is trying to get the country out of an economic crisis, shouldn’t he be saving money? Or at least trying to break even? The companies that received the bailout money didn’t always use the money for its intended purpose anyway. Not to mention the CEOs flew to D.C. in their private jets to collect it.

If presidential candidates promised what they thought they could actually uphold, we might get better results if they get elected to office. I understand that they are trying to get votes but shouldn’t someone who would actually make a difference get elected into office instead of someone who sugarcoats their plans?