why i hate politicians
SO. tonight, nadim figured out the ultimate way to get me to do something. he told me the phrase that i fear most...conversation:
"will you be mad at me if i don't go?"
"no, but i'll be disappointed in you"
*puppy eyed face* "disappointed??? OK I'LL GO!"
"you can't just talk the talk and not walk the walk. this is totally in your field."
(thought) ##DAMMIT. he's right. i have to go.##
so i went. and it was supposed to be as far as i knew, an arab thing about discrimination and rights and whatnot and learning about the candidates and their ideas on arab issues and about current conflict issues. that sounded very interesting, i just wanted to study. as i arrived i realized, no, its more of a religiously concerned community that asked the candidates to speak on those issues. now, if you are trying to get votes in a room full of muslims, are you going to say what they want to hear? of course you are. so, every candidate (granted i only got through 2 after the intro speeches went on so long) said exactly the same vague thing, touching no grounds of international conflict and i doubt speaking their actual mind besides... descrimination is bad... but who doesn't believe that? who says they are going to follow this in their office should they get elected. Jennifer Seal is the only candidate there that i knew i could trust and i know i will vote for, yes, i was already a member of team SEAL, but i know her mind and her beliefs. the others were too vague for me to make any sort of decision. the concept, a group of concerned citizens gathering with candidates to address certain policies and personal concerns is a spectacular idea, however, the political system often doesn't allow for more than a short PR speech based solely on being optimistic and vague. not that this is wrong, its politics. i just can't get much out of it.
the food was great. i didn't eat really, but it was gopuram, so i had a piece of bread with some meat, and baklava. and that was good.
"will you be mad at me if i don't go?"
"no, but i'll be disappointed in you"
*puppy eyed face* "disappointed??? OK I'LL GO!"
"you can't just talk the talk and not walk the walk. this is totally in your field."
(thought) ##DAMMIT. he's right. i have to go.##
so i went. and it was supposed to be as far as i knew, an arab thing about discrimination and rights and whatnot and learning about the candidates and their ideas on arab issues and about current conflict issues. that sounded very interesting, i just wanted to study. as i arrived i realized, no, its more of a religiously concerned community that asked the candidates to speak on those issues. now, if you are trying to get votes in a room full of muslims, are you going to say what they want to hear? of course you are. so, every candidate (granted i only got through 2 after the intro speeches went on so long) said exactly the same vague thing, touching no grounds of international conflict and i doubt speaking their actual mind besides... descrimination is bad... but who doesn't believe that? who says they are going to follow this in their office should they get elected. Jennifer Seal is the only candidate there that i knew i could trust and i know i will vote for, yes, i was already a member of team SEAL, but i know her mind and her beliefs. the others were too vague for me to make any sort of decision. the concept, a group of concerned citizens gathering with candidates to address certain policies and personal concerns is a spectacular idea, however, the political system often doesn't allow for more than a short PR speech based solely on being optimistic and vague. not that this is wrong, its politics. i just can't get much out of it.
the food was great. i didn't eat really, but it was gopuram, so i had a piece of bread with some meat, and baklava. and that was good.
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