YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTE FOR
By Travis McGee All election cycle candidates and incumbents will tell you everything they think you want to hear but the truth, however you can’t be mad at them for lying to you, you must be mad at yourself for believing the lie. We often hear vote or just vote, however just voting is not […] The post YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTE FOR appeared first on African American News and Issues.
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By Travis McGee
All election cycle candidates and incumbents will tell you everything they think you want to hear but the truth, however you can’t be mad at them for lying to you, you must be mad at yourself for believing the lie. We often hear vote or just vote, however just voting is not good enough, but knowing who and what you are voting for is priceless.
The steps before the steps are very important and they are research, research, research, and even more research. After you have done your research then comes voter’s registration, voter’s education, and voter’s mobilization. Voters don’t have to be uneducated voters; they choose to be. We allow complete strangers to pop up in our communities like an absentee parent on draft day.
It’s not what they say they going to do vs what have they done to actually earn your vote, name recognition and titles alone has gotten us nowhere. We must know the difference between activist and opportunist, Con artist and community leaders, praying for us and preying on us. Simply popping up on TV or at local government hearing of citizens is often for entertainment purposes only, if you willing buy Rodeo Grade @#$%^&%$ they definitely will sell it to you with a smile.
We should be tired of the of all the barbeque and line dance competitions vs proven leadership with a proven track record vs Imma do speeches and slander.
What about the issues?
So, if you vote for a yes man or woman, that’s what you are going to get. If you vote for a title that’s what you are going to get. If you vote for a politician that’s what you are going to get. If you vote for the establishment that’s what you are going to get.
If you vote for a seat chaser or seat hopper that’s what you are going to get.
If you vote for a kiss up that’s what you are going to get.
If you vote for someone who’s been silent while working for our local government, but vocal while defending their actions when they choose to ignore and neglect our communities, well you know the rest.
Now if you vote for a proven community leader of over 25 years unpaid and unbought, you will get a productive elected employee for as many years you feel you deserve to be probably represented 365/24/7.
Remember anyone you allow to buy you out now, will sell you out later. You get what you vote for.
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