Elections n such, as i see them

i'll be so freakin' glad when this travesty is finished......
what ever happened to honor?
truth?
good sportsmanship, even?
geez, i've seen more actions worthy of respect among the dealers, ho's, n other low-lifes in the streets of detroit than have been exhibited by the current flock of candidates ( all major party candidates ) this election cycle.....
bush throwin' shit @ kerry, kerry @ bush ad nauseum......
the same is prevalent on all the local political scenes i've been forced to witness this year, whether detroit michigan, great falls montana, the kc area, and points in between, and its on all fronts: billboards, newspapers, radio, tv.....
does anyone even stop to realize how this influences the young of this once great nation, to be force fed this venal garbage on all sides?
not likely, unfortunately......
now don't get me wrong: I'm no Angel, but even in my worst days, i'd never stoop to such low behavior....
personally, a candidate who does this will not get my vote, and if it's such that all candidates for this position are that way, i'll simply write in No Suitable Candidate, and gladly write a letter to the election board and the local Op-Ed section of the newspaper statin' exactly why this was my choice....
speakin' of which: the one law we really need enacted would make this a viable countable ballot entry, and should NSC win the count, these candidates should be barred from ever seekin' political office again, as long as they shall live.....
after all: if We The People have no more confidence in a candidate than that, why should they be allowed to continue to have control over us? hmmmmm?
i firmly believe that many of the non-voting-by-choice citizens of this country would vote, if they believed their votes would help restore our nation to it's former greatness.....
before all y'all start harpin' n snipin' at me fer thinkin' we are no longer the greatest nation on earth: back off yer jingoistic bullshit a minute n listen: right near 30 years ago, i swore an oath that literally brought tears to my eyes when i said it: " I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."
as y'all should be aware, the Constitution comes first in this oath, as without it, the President has no legal authority to order the officers above me, or you, were you subject to these orders.....
no where in this oath did i swear to support a political system, party, or candidate.......
if a president or congress critter, or any other political varmint should attempt to nullify this constitution of ours, by my understandin' of the oath, this makes him or her a domestic enemy....
back then, we were by and large respected by other nations, not feared...
sure, we were feared and hated by some, but only those bent on evil....
now, even our friends are leery of us.....
our strongest ally anywhere on earth, canada, is against our policies re: iraq, etc.
i aynt sayin' it wasn't needful, because it was, i am sayin' that the way we went at it was dead wrong.
while i agree that saddam & the baath party were a threat to middle eastern stability, n he undoubtably engaged in genocidal practices against certain of his subjects, and violated UN sanctions every which way possible while livin' high on the hog whilst his own people were starvin', i don't believe he was a clear and present danger to
us as a nation....
personally, i believe if the UN is such a no-balled outfit as to be led around by they nose ring by a pissant dictator, thats their outlook, not ours, we should haul our asses outta there, kick them out of the real estate they call home in NYC, i believe it is, n use that $$ they claim we owe them to convert that great big ole chunk of land into a school, or a homeless shelter, or even a big-assed garden to help the locals grow some wholesome cheap food ( after all, with all the bullshit they pump outta the UN, that ground should be pretty fertile now, dont ya think? )....
but hey, what do i know? i'm simply a backwoods country boy, and see things in a simple way...
anyway, fire at will, i'm thick skinned enough to take it, lol