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Distractions, Distortions, Deceptions, and Outright Lies
Diversions That Keep the South Red, Poor People Poor, and Plutocrats and Oligarchs in Power
Early Interests and Questions
As far back as middle school, I developed a passion for understanding what motivated people to take the political positions they were taking. I wondered why most people couldn't see things clearly and why they had to be told what politicians thought and felt. Couldn’t they see that for themselves? I also wondered why some people seemed to wait until things happened or unfolded before they began telling everybody why they were better than the other guy at solving the problem.
Discovering American Political History
I guess it wasn’t until my sophomore year in high school that I began reading more in-depth American history, especially American political history. I became interested in the second Adlai Stevenson-Dwight Eisenhower presidential race. I didn’t know anything about politics or economics. All I knew was that we didn’t have very much and some other people had lots, lots more. I thought Stevenson was on the side of those that didn’t have very much, so obviously, I wanted him to win.
Realizations and Commitment
Little did I know that he was running against a Republican war hero and that Republicans were trying to paint the Democratic Party as sellouts because of their 1948 and 1952 platforms on racial desegregation. I had no idea that everything said in a presidential campaign didn’t have to be the truth. I didn’t think these grown men would lie just to win a job. Of course, I had lots of growing up to do. So from that point forward, I committed myself to the pursuit of truth in politics. I found that uncovering the truth about the American political process in the twenty-first century was far more than just a notion, and there’s still lots left to do.
