05/18/2016
I probably shouldn't, but I gotta get on my soap-box for just a second.
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Listening to all the "victorious" politicians on the radio this morning, it really annoys me how they constantly refer to it all as a "hard fought battle", and pat their teams on the back for all the "hard work" of the campaign.
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Maybe it's just semantics, but it seems like only a real politician could refer to things like putting up some signs and talking to people as "hard work". I'm sorry, but I consider hard work to be things like moving sprinkler pipe, framing a roof, or building a business.
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Let's try and remember that technically, we didn't really "battle" or "race" for anything, we didn't "earn" our position, and we shouldn't now refer to ourselves as "leaders" who are over others. We threw our hat in the ring and the voters made their own choice, asked us to represent them, and placed a little trust in us.
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The work starts AFTER the election. We've been picked to be servants and representatives of the people; not masters who worked hard to earn our own positions.
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Please help me avoid talk of "winning" or "losing" an election, or phrases about "working hard" to get elected, because I think that talking about elections in those terms is kind of insulting to the people who made their own choices.