Friday, October 24, 2008

People and Politics

I've just about had it with people forwarding emails of this huge list of things that "Obama says" versus "McCain says", etc, etc. Depending on which senator the email is targeted for, it inflates the stances of the one senator and right out lies about the others'. Now, I'm not going to get into whom I'm voting for. That is not what this is about. What it is about is a skewed perception people have: people believe what they read in stupid emails written by some biased uninformed individual that likes to start chain letters who just happens to agree with their political standpoint. Give me a break. If you want to actually learn about the opposing candidate, for God's sake don't learn it from the political party you're for - let alone some horribly inaccurate email. Learn it from the source. I've read "forwards" with right out lies about where a candidate stands - both about McCain and Obama. If you want to have solid, accurate information about a candidate and where a person stands, start with going to their website; research the bills they've voted both for and against; watch the debates. Don't just believe what your little spam buddy put in an email - look it up; research it. It just ticks me off that people so naive are passing around all these emails with blatant lies in them. It almost makes me scared that we don't have some type of IQ test to pass before you may vote.

By the way, I'm not affiliated with a certain party. I try to accurately and fairly access candidates with every election. (And with no help from petty emails) :)