Don: "Politics is a very complex field, but not as complex as some think, if one has solid ethical principles and makes one's political decisions on that basis."

Do you mean like, 'Doing onto others as you have then do unto you', and being honest about it...and not letting one's will intrude on the rights of others??..but that's not 'politics'...that is the Judea-Christian principles that the country was attempted to structured from....'Politics' is just the subtle manipulation(and sometimes, 'not so subtle' manipulations) AWAY from those principles, funneling power away from the PEOPLE and into the hands of the elitists who want to control it all!

Now of the two choices, music or politics, music is the higher calling. Music isn't about taking power away from anyone, getting the brain to work at a higher capacity, while touching the heart of man. It seems that the more intelligent one becomes, music is preferred over politics....and lawyers and other bottom feeders gravitate toward twisting good laws and traditions that work, AWAY from one's native intelligence and common sense, into trusting KNOWN liars and their lies. Music makes no such pretense....or as Duke Ellington said,in regards to music, "If it sounds good...it IS good!"
Or you can out your faith into stuff like,"If you like your healthcare plan, if you like your doctor, you can keep your healthcare, and keep your doctor, Period!" ...sorta a 'bait and switch' con-job...which it was, so the insurance companies could have compelled business thrown their way..by a law which coerces, under penalty to do business, with crooks and thieves!!...and/or all the other lies and deception pulled off by this and prior administrations, at the behest of their corporate bribing. Of course you might want to debate that, but why?....It IS the truth, against the majority will of the people, and conned it's way through Congress!...not to mention all those 'selling points' promoted to squeeze more money out of the people for those' shovel ready jobs'..that never materialized....but the money was not refunded!..only clandestinely shuffled over to the Wall Street cronies, who Obama supporters seem to oppose, though they were blinded to the fact, that the Wall Street cronies were Obama's biggest supporters....but that doesn't matter....the supporters of such dishonest con jobs have been issued 'talking points' to defend it all...just like Bush's war in Iraq, had it's talking points issued, to defend a safe environment for Halliburton to rape the people's economy!...but 'politically' it was sold to the people under the guise of 'patriotism', and used 'talking points' to shift the attention AWAY from the real deal!!...Well, that's politics for ya'....but somewhere is a composer whose works will outlast both parties, and the lying, that they inflict on the public, to bilk them and use the money to enslave them further!

GfS