Politically Correct

Politically correct......If I never hear this term again, I'll be just fine!  Heading into, quite probably, the biggest election since we elected a black man from somewhere to lead our country, the 2016 presidential campaign has been anything but presidential....or politically correct. We have nearly a dozen and a half candidates vying for the Republican nod and only one viable (and I use that term  lightly) running on the Democratic ticket.  All candidates to date have been less than politically correct headed by The Donald.  So far, he's been the only one gutsy enough to say what he thinks and offensively correct.  No one likes what he has to say (candidate wise) but everyone likes to hear it...  It's totally the wow factor!  He made it to the top of the polls. He made it through the first debate and has made headlines in every news venue every day. Nobody's sure they like his style but everybody marvels at his lack of PC.  There's even controversy over firing (or did he quit) one of his top advisors.....but, that fellow is still backing and defending The Donald to date.  All well and good! But now's the time to shit or get off the pot.  We all know what's wrong. We all know that something has to be done or we will no longer rank as the number one country in the world. We all know taxes are too high, the poor are literally bleeding to death. We give more money to other countries than we spend on our own. We send jobs away while supporting those who have finessed the art of bilking our welfare system. Our leaders are on their knees to appease lobbyists.  Pharmeseutical companies are holding us hostage while thousands die daily waiting for answers that are safely tucked away. College costs are booting our brightest and delegating their graduates to decades of debt.  This is not a time for Political Correctness.  This is a time for those who are saying it like it is to telling us how to fix it... NOBODY has told us how to fix it.  It won't get fixed in my lifetime but if it doesn't for the next generation, our grandchildren are in serious trouble. 
I think maybe Dr. Ben Carson (another Republican who's thrown his scrubs in the fray) put it as simply as possible.  "What bothers me is when people say, you know, 'You can't say this word, you can't say this phrase, you can't even think that, you can't express this.' And it's very difficult for people to have an honest conversation if they can't express themselves. But in no way do I advocate, you know, saying mean things about people. That has nothing to do with political correctness," Carson said. Being smart and being mean probably won't cut it this election. Think before you speak, have a reason for what you say and how you make your point and have a plan, albeit long range, for fixing it. We all know we're in a boatload of trouble.  Now we need an intelligent, articulate man or woman to keep us from sinking and set our sails for calmer seas. It can be done....................correctly!