We shouldn’t allow politicians to deceive us

Nikolas D. Skalkotos, Las Vegas

Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 | 2:02 a.m.

Now that the insanely partisan and ruthless war for party supremacy, with its dirty money, lies and deceptive advertisements, is over and its selfish intentions are clear, it is time for us to look back and remind ourselves why we go through these incredibly expensive and wasteful circus acts. Also, we should think about what we owe to our politicians that gives them the right to openly insult our intelligence with stupid and deceitful theatrics.

Why let political shenanigans decide who and what gets our vote instead of using common sense and putting country and all American people first? Of course, this is something about which we don’t usually think, as is the fact that we never learn our lesson nor see that power-hungry political parties are not interested in the welfare of the country or the American people, but only in themselves.

Finally, for those of us who voted and expect to see any changes that would make our lives better, I suggest we think again. Let’s hope that next time we will let intelligence, facts and knowledge decide for us, instead of letting ideology, bias, dirty money and lying political ads dictate where our vote goes. Certainly, by allowing unethical political operatives show us the way, it’s not how we should decide who and what gets our vote.