VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
We have become a Nation run by elite career politicians that make laws and decisions based on what is best for them, their parties and their special interest groups, NOT for what is best for the country and their constituents.
Americans have tried to voice our displeasure by calling, writing and emailing our representatives. However, our calls go to voicemail, our letters go unanswered and our emails get an automated response.
The reason is that the politicians know we have jobs, families and lives and if they just wait us out, we will get frustrated and give up. They realize that once they get into office, they are there for as long as they want, since the reelection rate for incumbents is over 80% (See "Congress" page on this site). Many of these incumbents have never had a real job and don't have a clue as to what it's like to struggle to pay your bills from month to month.
The 2008 election was less about Republican vs. Democrat or Conservative vs. Liberal, it was about a nation that is fed up and just wanted something different. People from both parties jumped onto the "Change" bandwagon making history with record voter turn out. Even with that, 46% of the people eligible to vote, did not vote.
If you talk to the people that voted for President Obama, you will find that a majority of them voted for him not because he was a better qualified candidate, an African American or because they wanted a liberal democrat in the White House, they voted for him because of what he said he represented, Change. Change from business as usual politics in Washington. He was an outsider that was going to shake up DC.
