As far as I’m concerned, politics has gone full swing back to the 1800s, the days of bullies, innuendos and half-baked ideas.

Back then, a good candidate, the one welcomed by those looking for changes and who didn’t care how the changes came about, had everyone’s attention.

With that attention, the candidate could say anything he wanted to, and usually did. If what he said was ill-received, he would more than likely make up an excuse for having made the comment, blame it on someone else or play it off as no big deal.

He knew that the rules already had been set and that he could slide across the yard on his stomach and still come out looking like a racing unicorn. But not a transparent unicorn, instead he was a unicorn that was a lie, not the real thing.

In this created political arena, we need to be careful about espousing the election of a candidate based simply on the fact that he has nerve (or lack of intelligence) to say or do things that draw attention.

The attention-grabber will ultimately metamorphose, but into what? Will we have created a monster?

Joseph M. Olivier

Belgrade

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