Campaigning 101.

There's an elementary school in Maryland that has some unusual rules for it's class elections. Unusual as in no promises you can't keep, no more than six posters, no give-a-ways like candy and such, you can't mention your opponent's name, no tee shirts with your name on them. You can't make statements that aren't true. Or you get kicked out of the race? You do get to give a speech over the schools P.A. system, but no buttons with your name on them. Do you notice any similarities between this school's campaigning policies and our national and state political systems? You don't? You don't suppose that's because there really aren't any, do you? I mean, hey, let's face it, what would our election campaign system be like if our politicians had to follow rule like this? Just what kind of campaign would we have, anyway? A goodie two shoes operation? Why, people might actually know what our candidates mean. There'd be no way to cheat and lie or you'd get kicked out of the campaign and your name taken off the ballet? That would seem un-American to me, how about you? Let me ask you, wouldn't you miss all those political ads if there was a limit on spending on campaigns? See, without all those campaign commercials, how would we know which lies favored our guy and which lies favored the other guy? It's the lies that make it all worth while. How would you know who to vote for, if it weren't for all the lies. No, all this truth telling may be okay for elementary age children, but for us, we well informed adults  aching for these insidious tidbits on the character flaws of our candidates, the lies are the foundation of our country's electoral system. It's a bedrock necessity. We lie about each other and we like it that way.