Win And Lose

You can win games and lose them. Elections aren't games. They are people voting for something that matters to them; at least those who care to vote. After an election such as the one that just ended, there is a lot of chest bashing and teeth gnashing. "What went wrong" is the usual question and along with it, "what mistakes did our party make and how can we fix it for the next election". I propose that these questions are merely rhetorical since the result of an election is just that, and nothing more. You win or you lose by votes. It turns out the way it did. Period. In the voting system, no matter the style, it's the way it works for whatever  reasons. In today's world when no one seems to be able to live with the "what is, is" philosophy, there is always the searching around for reasons "why". The "why" can't be solved because people change, societies change and rules change. Agonizing over "why" doesn't apply to the result present and, in fact, it draws energy away from simply getting on with the realities and growing, rather than looking back and whinging over the past. For some odd reason, the world today is one that does nothing but look back in seeking something or someone to blame. Blame is a way out of accepting the "what is, is - and let's just get on with it" issue. Blaming someone or something else makes people feel they can step out of their own guilt and point to others as those who made it all happen. "They had nothing to do with it". Sadly, they want someone's words to hear apologizing to make themselves feel better. Words do nothing to solve what happened in the past, and furthermore someone or something that is apologising may know nothing about or have had nothing to do with, the matter at hand. To me it seems a completely silly situation. To atone, you have to actually do something concrete and it should be done by the creatures who perpetrated the event, not by words. I know it isn't "politically correct"  (how tired I am of hearing this nonsensical term) in current day conversation, to say this, but it's true. What is "politically correct"? Sometimes, it isn't "correct" at all, but serves only the popular opinions of the times and places in which it is used. At this stage, after The Election, there is griping and worrying away at the results while it was simply, an election. The way it turned out is the way it is. It is what the populace wants, not some devious kind of plan or another party forcing it to be the way it turned out.  It appears that the parties, all of them, are busily examining every aspect of the result that they aren't happy with, and analyzing ways to make appropriate changes. Hey guys, next time who knows what is -right to do to win. The world turns and no one can accurately predict "next time". The answer is to, at the time of campaigning which is a relatively useless endeavor with "debating" that is ridiculous and not at all  debate, because those so-called debaters have no idea how to debate. Or perhaps they ignore the way debates ought to be conducted. What did that candidate wear, how did they speak the second language, was their hair  right, did they sweat, what was their body language, did they blush or frown or look angry or embarrassed - the list goes on. Those of us, we the common citizen voters, regard it as "here we go again" but we continue to go out and vote and we even tolerate all the fuss and fury and fashioning occurring among the winners and losers afterward. We aren't the political stars, but our one little vote can make or break them. Ta dah.