During this election season it isn’t difficult to notice the contempt that many politicians have for their constituents. Clearly these men and women seek to fully capitalize on the ignorance (or perceived ignorance) of the electorate. Such lofty promises aren’t new and they begin early. One need only visit a local school and listen to the foolish promises made by candidates vying for student council to see that hack politicians begin at an early age.

Sample of recent claims by local hack politicians:

“Tired of high gas prices? I have a plan.”

Unless the plan involves encouraging domestic fuel alternatives through tax incentives, I’m not interested.

“We’re loosing military bases, I have a plan.”

What exactly would this plan entail, reviving the Soviet Union in order to re-start the Cold War?

“Auto plants are closing, I have a plan.”

Perhaps the plan is to visit Detroit and give the Big Three and crash course in how to properly market their products and produce them more efficiently.

Another tired line from many politicians begins with the phrase “I passed…” as in “I passed this piece of legislation, and I passed that piece of legislation.”

To my understanding there isn’t a single state with a one-man legislature, so I am at a loss to explain how one man (or woman) can pass anything.

One candidate here in Georgia even asserts that he “created the DNA database that has solved over 400 previously unsolved cases, most of which are rapes and armed robberies.”

That’s an amazing feat for one man to single-handedly create a DNA database for a state with nearly 10 million people. It’s amazing he has time to sleep.

Another candidate asserts that she would make a good governor because she’s a woman, which means she can “get things done.”

What things? Exactly what does biology naturally qualify a woman to do that a man can’t? Is she planning to ovulate bills through the legislature or make use of her vast stores of estrogen?

The claim, like that of most politicians here and around the country, is nonsense in the highest sense and like these other ridiculous claims and assertions, will be believed by many voters, further demonstrating that some people simply are too ignorant to cast a ballot for dog catcher…much less higher elective office.