There are many games played in our country, and spectators can really get caught up in them. And even though there are scandals galore throughout the sports industry, at least there are rules. And that may be why so many of us prefer football to politics.

In football, things are fairly clear cut. There are penalties for certain infractions and instant replay to determine whether or not the referees got it right.

There’s no way to change the outcome of a game. Either the team gets the first down or they don’t. If they make a touchdown, they get points.

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The team with the most points wins the game at the end.

There are time limits in each quarter.

When the clock runs out, unless there’s a tie, the game is over.

No quarterback can say the pass was completed if we can all see it was incomplete.

You can see how a play is carried out. You can’t lie about statistics, and the truth about the game is out there for all to see.

Have you ever seen a coach say the team won the championship when in reality the team did not?

Of course not.

But in the game of politics, there are no rules. In this country, if you run for president you can make any claim you like about what you’re going to do, and there’s no gong sounded to alert the public when you lie.

You can assassinate the character of your opponent, and anything goes.

You can promise to enact change without mentioning that the president is the head of the executive branch, not the legislative branch.

In order to win an election, you have to tell people what you or your staff determine they want to hear. Then you campaign on that issue. If people are concerned about rattlesnakes invading their homes, you must promise that if you are elected you will see to it that all rattlesnakes in America are eliminated.

You don’t have to explain how this can be done. That’s not important. You just have to say you will do it. You have to convince people that the elimination of rattlesnakes will improve the economy, education, health and the overall standing of the United States to the rest of the world.

A campaign is basically an attempt to carry out mass brainwashing. It’s not as hard to do as some may believe.

History has shown us over and over again how little it takes to accomplish this.

Hitler did it. He convinced a nation that all their problems were the fault of one group of people and told them they would prosper if only the country was rid of the Jewish population.

Senator Joseph McCarthy did it through his witch hunt for communists in America.

Successful cult leaders have the ability to do it.

Right now there’s too much dust blowing around to see what’s really happening. So I think it’s best for me to wait until next November to check back in on whoever is left standing to try to pick a candidate.

As we’ve seen in the past, the savior of today may be in prison tomorrow. It’s the American way.

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