Politics Needs You!

A friend of mine just said this to me:

Politics is too dirty and I'm not sure I'm willing to jump into that sort of mess.

There's a lot of jerks in politics. The jerks make it unpleasant. So good people stay out of politics because of the unpleasantness.

That creates one rather big problem. If the jerks drive the good people out of politics, then who is left in charge?

So to all the people who stay out of politics because it's too dirty, messy, nasty, unpleasant, etc., I say this:

It's your fault.

We live in a democracy. Citizens in a democracy have a duty to get involved, to be a part of the political process.

If you get involved, and get your friends involved, then the good people will eventually drive out the jerks. Don't let them drive you out by being nasty.