Going to war yet again

I live in the midst of a country I've lost sight of.

The people I vote for become people I would never have voted for once I vote for them and they take office.

Either I misunderstood what they were saying, or they meant what they said to me to be said to someone else, or they hadn't meant what they were saying to me at all.

I've lost sight of the fact that I'm surrounded by others who feel this way too, who feel what's been said to them by their elected leaders wasn't really meant to be said, or what was said was actually meant to be misunderstood, but later, after the election.

I shouldn't complain. The current administration is doing a fine job of making all my misunderstandings come true.