You Really Don't Owe Politicians Anything!

Today, I was having a small conversation with a family member. She said she was going to vote to re-elect Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) because he helped her son get into West Point. Fair enough. I can accept that. I can't accept that she said, she felt she needed to give back. Give back what? A politician used his influence to help his constituents out. Novel idea. It's amazing what elected officials think they do extra for us.
I've met Sen. Inhofe briefly and as an Oklahoman, I am not voting for him. He is too old and too sure of himself to stay in D.C. another six years making us in the state seem like slack-jawed fools.
But really, we don't owe politicians anything. They think we do. Everytime, there is an election year, the ball gets to rolling, things LOOK like they are going to happen but really never do, at least for another four years.
When I lived and worked in Americus, Ga. there was a county commissioner who had no listed number, didn't give out his cell phone number and was almost impossible to get on the phone at his place of business.
There was another county commissioner who had a listed number, but no answering machine and no way to leave a message. You pretty much had to cross your fingers when you called him. Other south Georgia politicians lived on the philosophy that they made the rules and everyone else should be kissing their hairy bean bags for allowing them access to the air they breathe.
Here in Oklahoma, I've run into county commissioners who don't return phone calls, don't want to give out their cell phone numbers and only have their county barns open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. They're even thinking of taking Fridays off to adjust for the high gas prices.
I didn't vote for Hillary Clinton, because she was a woman. I voted for her because I thought she was the best candidate. But many people think women should have voted for her just because she was a woman. No, the same way, people shouldn't vote for Obama because he's half black or McCain because he's disabled or a Vietnam vet.
Electing a politician on the philosophy that he did something for you is what is wrong with America.
Politicians should want to do stuff for their constituents. It's their damn jobs. It's not quid pro quo. It's "I'm a public servant. Tell me what to do." Many politicians make more money than I do and I sometimes have to eat a bigger shit sandwich.
When a politician finally gets around to fixing the roads in your area after five years of complaints isn't enough to garner a vote.
This is laziness and sloppiness. If you're not willing to give up two years, four years, or six years of your life devoting to helping hundreds or thousands, or even millions of people, then, for God's sake, don't run.
Maybe some of these young ambitious people who be able to get in to make a change.