Although, I am completely sick and tired of this presidential campaign and look forward to November 4th , almost as much as Thanksgiving, it is for
three reasons. One reason being, I can’t take all the ads on TV that make outrageous claims about both canidates, the passion and biogtry that has been stirred up in the population that is following the election will hopefully die down, and finally I won’t have to think about who to vote for anymore because for the first time in years I have no clue who the hell to vote for.
First of all the ads sound more like something you would witness (and maybe might believe) if you lived in a world where soap operas are real and sarcasim is truth. The music that the ads use remind me of tense scenes one might see on General Hospital and the dramatic voice that is telling lies is so meladramatic. Not to mention, the content of these ads might as well say, “Do you want a president who eats babies? Then vote for Obama” or “McCain, the kitten and puppy killer, not ready to run our country.” It disgusts me that both parties have invested so much money to produce these ads that say nothing about how they will improve the current situation our country is in, and seemingly discuss issues like William Hiers and voting with Bush. I want to know what Obama and McCain will bring to this current crisis that our country is facing.
Also, the prejudice attitude (no not black and white) that this election has brought out in people is disgusting. I’m talking about how if mentioning your pro-life all of a sudden means you think Bush is God and you’re a right winged conservative maniac who thinks Sarah Palin is an angel sent from Heaven to fix our country. Or by saying universal health care is a good idea, you get reactions from your co-workers that you are an elitist communist loving liberal who wants complete government control. It seems that neither Obama nor McCain brings a moderate (no not the type of side politically you swear allgiance to) perspective to the campaign. Instead they both seem like extremists, especially if you watch any kind of TV.
It disturbs me to see people speaking so ignorantly about both parties, blaming them both on the economic situation, the war, health care and every issue our country is dealing with. It is ridiculous. ENOUGH ALREADY!
I think partly because of all this negativity and wishing both of the canidates could lose and each party should have to pick a new canidate to run for president because they both have their issues. And I’m aware (trust me) that there isn’t a canidate that I will find myself agreeing with completely but it would be do refreshing to find someone to run this country that wasn’t so heavily labeled. Like instead of saying there are pro-life and having an anti-feminst connotation sticking to them that they want to overturn Roe vs. Wade and eliminate rights to women; it would be so wonderful to have a candiate say, “no I don’t want to overturn Roe vs. Wade, I just want to look into who is getting abortions and make sure they aren’t abusing their right.” Doesn’t that make so much more sense than “Let’s get rid of abortion clinics.” Or even making it a law that a woman has to see an ultra sound before they decide, or really informing women of what the effects are both physically and mentally to having an abortion. Do these ideas make a crazy pro-life person? I don’t think so. I think it puts me smack dab in the middle of pro-choice and pro-life.
And this is just one issue and issue that is barely talked about. What about looking at credit card companies and banks who simply give away credit when our society doesn’t seem to realize credit and loans are not free money.
I know I’ve gone on for a long time, but I’m confused and I feel like talking about it with people who interupt and try so desperately to make you think they are right and belittle your ideals has only made it worse. It would be nice (and I’m aware we don’t live in this world) if people would not be so nasty.
November 4th can’t come soon enough for this undecided voter. I may stand
in the booth on Tuesday for longer than most but it’s only because I have no idea which direction I want my vote (which I do believe counts) to go in.
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