CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 19, 2022
HAVING OBSERVED POLITICS UP CLOSE FOR MOST OF MY CAREER AND HAVING READ THE HISTORY OF MUCH OF AMERICAN POLITICS, I HAVE REACHED SEVERAL CONCLUSIONS: POLITICS CAN’T MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER. THAT’S YOUR JOB. SECOND, POLITICIANS TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR BASED ON POLLING, NOT CONVICTIONS. THIRD, POLITICIANS DON’T ALWAYS DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY WILL DO. FOURTH, POLITICIANS RARELY SOLVE PROBLEMS, FOCUSING INSTEAD ON THEIR RE-ELECTION. PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR THE POLITICIAN WHO CAN WIN, NOT THE ONE WHO MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.
IN GEORGIA AND ARIZONA, TO PICK TWO OF MANY EXAMPLES, THERE ARE TWO CANDIDATES ENDORSED BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO STAND LITTLE CHANCE OF BEATING THE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS. MIKE PENCE HAS ENDORSED THE LIKELY WINNERS. LET’S NOT FORGET IT WAS TRUMP WHO HELPED GET TWO DEMOCRAT GEORGIA SENATORS ELECTED IN 2020 BECAUSE OF HIS CLAIM HIS OWN ELECTION WAS STOLEN AND PEOPLE SHOULD NOT TRUST THE SYSTEM. SO MANY STAYED HOME AND THE REULTS WAS A DEMOCRAT MAJORITY SENATE.
BE WISE. BE SMART. BE PRAGMATIC. YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET ALL YOU WANT SO GET SOME. SUPPORT THOSE WHO CAN WIN AND THEN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. THAT’S GOOD POLITICS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
