Reponse to "Move Over Texas"

In "Move Over Texas" Alan Banda talks about our Governor Rick Perry and his failed attempt at running for President. I agree that there needs to be a better system in place for when this occurs. A sort of campaign sabbatical where the Lt. Governor can take charge in the absence of the actual governor, which is supposed to happen when there is an emergency, impeachment, or what have you. Also, the actual governor will not still take in money from a job he is not doing. A stepping down process when the decision to run for another office is made. It actually surprises me that there is not something like this already in place.

I do not agree that had he gone further into the race for president this would not be such a big deal. I think it would have been a bigger deal, Rick Perry would have spent more time away from Texas and more time not doing what governors do and all of his time and energy would have been focused on his fight to be president. I am very grateful that he is no longer in the running and I hope he does not get re-elected here in Texas.

As for having a bunch of white privileged guys in office, that sounds about right, and it pisses me off too. If it was not so expensive to campaign or if they were paid better once they came into office I think we would see more diversity, also if we get the marginalized communities out to the polls to actually vote we would start to see a change. Voting has to matter to the people before we can start seeing a change and the system needs a lot of work and the right people to do it, it is a cycle that needs to start. But who are those people? Too bad we can not just hit the refresh button and have a whole fresh start!

You hear a lot of people complain about change. We need it, I agree. But, there are far too few people who actually step up to the challenge and take on people like Rick Perry and The State of Texas. My suggestion for getting Rick Perry and his cronies out of our government is to go and vote, talk about how you are going to vote, tell everyone how cool it is, and if we continue this trend and get people to the polls, maybe in a few years our voices will start to make an impact. Unfortunately, Rick Perry will have left his mark pretty damn deep in our system and it will be hard to try and fix a system that is working pretty well for the elite and privileged like him and others.

I still have a hard time telling people that their voices will matter at the polls but sometimes you have to work with the system you are fighting against. I look at it like I am a covert spy from the other side learning how the system works so eventually me and others like me will be able to start making a difference and helping those who have been oppressed by big politicians. 

A cheesy quote from SLC Punks: "We can do a hell of a lot more damage in the system than outside of it."