Inefficient Government Is Best

I wouldn’t want you to think I’m pro-democrat and anti-republican. It does appear I’ve ranted more against republicans recently (although I’m not sure what party Bloomberg calls home today). But I distrust most politicians and and have no respect for either political party (hence lower case when using their names). It’s just that the extremists come out when they’re down.

These days the talk isn’t about whether Barrack Obama will win and the democrats will pick up seats, but whether the democrats will get a supermajority. The idea of either political party getting what they want without and check on them is scary.

A supermajority means they can react quickly. Why is that bad? Because our politicians are slaves to opinion polls and perceived public opinion. They’re not big on actually working through a problem or thinking about the implications of their actions. I remember my elementary school history and the theory that the founding fathers designed our government to be inefficient and it still makes sense to me today.

A Wall Street Journal opinion piece gives their take (a conservative one) on what absolute democrat control would mean. It’s clear the republicans won’t control either the house or Senate so a republican President would at least bring back some of the inefficiency we need.

Since all those Senate races are out of my control I’m not sure if I should reconsider my statement that I could never vote for today’s McCain. I’m thinking that since my vote doesn’t count anyway, I’ll vote McCain as an empty gesture. But why vote, I can keep 1/2 hour of my life instead.