Sigh

"Hey Frank, ya see the debate?"

"No, I can't afford a TV."

"Oh man, it was good, Iraq is gonna be great after we help them. Then after that we can help Iran, and the whole world, isn't it great?"

"My mother can't afford her insurance, so she can't get her heart transplant. My kids can't read. I work 60 hours a week and can't pay my bills."

The above is kind of how I feel about how these debates are going. We've heard about Iraq, and the war over and over again. How much have we heard about home? It's as if America isn't that high of a priority. It's really disheartening.

I'm voting for Kerry, if only to get Bush out of office, but I feel even that isn't the answer. If I vote for someone, I want to be confident that they will be a good leader, and go in the right direction. I don't feel that confident. I have never had much faith in the government, but now it seems that we're more interested in policing the world than improving and fixing our quality of life at home.

I don't really know what to do other than hang on for the ride. This is why I usually don't like following politics. It's saddening.

Hopefully the debates will start touching on home issues.

EDIT: The debate finally did touch on some domestic stuff, which is good. I just get overly frustrated when all I hear about is how we're gonna help everyone else, when we need it just as much.