The Facts, Just The Facts

With all of the bruhaha of the election process going on there are many opportunities to get facts. There are even more opportunities to get non facts. I am reminded of being younger and going to my mother and telling her the latest atrocity any one of my siblings had done to me. She would always ask me, "And what did you do?" Interesting how when you are five you are taught that there are two sides to every story. It seems that a degree in journalism can sometimes erase that lesson from memory. I understand we all have biases. It is natural, we are human. I am much more "Republican" in thinking than not. However, I do not agree with every Republican, I do not disagree with every Democrat. This election year I have looked for truth from many sources. It is not a simple task. I know some people have been spreading rumors. When I hear someone say something that sounds contrived, I say, how do you know that? Many times they are almost offended by the question. As if to say, who cares, isn't it scary, isn't it the most deplorable thing you have ever heard. Well yes, but so are the tales from the cript, but I dont' believe them to be true, just disgusting. I get tired of it all. Let's focus on ideals. Are you for big government or little government? What issues are close to your being? What candidate best mirrors your beliefs and convictions? I am not 100% for any candidate. In the few elections I have been eligible to vote in, I have never once agreed on every single issue. It isn't going to happen. I can't agree with my siblings on nearly anything, how am I going to agree with one person who is suppose to represent millions of people. If I hear one more person tell me I love George Bush because I'm a Republican I may lose my right to vote for being a convicted felon. That makes as much sense as me loving Joel Osteen because he is a "christian". I just get to the point where I don't want to talk to people about politics. The reason being, it is tiresome. Of course, I say that and then the next day you find me talking about it again. Does that make me a waffler, a political opportunist ready to change at the drop of a hat? There goes my future bid for public office. Somehow I believe I will make it through the day. So really the whole point is this. The next time you hear that Barack Obama is really a little person using stilts who is addicted to crystal meth and that John McCain had all of his skin replaced and takes baths in crude oil, look to find a credible source to confirm those things before you repeat them. Please, for the sake of all that is logical, although I did hear that Al Gore is an android that is remotely controlled by Stephen Hawking.