This is perhaps the greatest down fall of American politics. We all have choices before us this is often called agency. Agency is simply the freedom and power to act according to or against one's conscience.
Conscience is the faculty to recognizing the distinction between right and wrong. Most often this is in reference to one's own conduct. Voting is a chance for one, to, in secret, exhibit your own conduct according to you conscience and knowledge between right and wrong.
The American people, if they are willing to do it have the ability to make choices at least every two years on how they will be represented to and by the government.
Hopefully when we make that choice we do so having studied the candidates. We have done our best to know the candidates from among we will choose.
Unfortunately, often it is a choice of the lesser of the worst. Seldom do we have a choice between better and best. When I think about this aspect of politics I am reminded of a bumper sticker which I saw on a pickup just prior to the past presidential election:"LORD, GIVE ME ANOTHER CHOICE"
Those we choose to represent us, all to soon seem to lose their conscience and knowingly begin to choose (choice) to compromise their position and give concessions which strengthen their opponents while weakening their and your positions which you elected them to uphold.
"Well, I had to give up national defense in order to get federal funding for emergency hemorrhoid treatment." By compromising national defense I don't think we will be to concerned about hemorrhoids.
Making the conscientious choice to compromise, and give concessions always weakens ones position and begins to erode our ability to stay the path which we know is right.
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