Voting Booth, Volume XII

Things bugging me

There are several things about this political season that are driving me to Anarchy. Here are a few:

Bias: I'm so sick of seeing the side by side images of McCain and Obama pictured like this: Obama clearly looking forward and McCain, backward. Obama bathed in a backlit halo, McCain lit from the front accentuating his wrinkles. Obama practically posed, McCain mid word.

These images are hand picked and assembled in a computer, you tell me there's no bias here.

This one is from ABC.

Think that's the only one? Think again:

So's this one

Here's one from TIME:

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Here's another example:

Is this because McCain is the candidate on the "right" and Obama on the "left"? Ok, let's switch them.

Whoops. I guess that didn't work.

It's these subtle biases that seep into undecided voters' psyches and cause them to lean one way or another.

ACORN: For those that don't know ACORN is an organization that has been registering people to vote; primarily people who will most likely vote democratic. They are currently being accused of voter fraud. Why, you ask? Here are a few facts to consider:

Did you know that all 11 of the Dallas Cowboys offensive starters were registered to vote in Nevada until ACORN came under attack? All of them "registered" through ACORN. Guess which party they were regestered in.

Wisconson has registered convicted felons to vote ~ through ACORN.

Indiana has 105% of it's population registered to vote. This is amazing seeing as the national average of voting eligable people that are registered to vote is 72%.

Why does this voter fraud enter into the equation? Isn't this just an isolated agency acting on it's own? Well, what would you think if a candidate were giving money (not even receiving money... giving money) to this fraud riddled group?

Barack Obama gave $800,000.00 to ACORN for their "Get out the vote" effort. Nearly $1 million. A) That's how much he's raking in during his "I'm only going to use public funds, just kidding" campaign and B) that's how much he thinks this organization will help him buy I mean steal, I mean win the election.

You know, now Obama's been disassociating himself with Rev Wright, Bill Ayers, and ACORN. combine that with such the short period of time that he's been in the public eye... That's a lot of disassociating for such a breif period. I wonder then, who WAS he associated with?

Ads: The other complaint I have is with Obama's "90%" attack ad (which is somehow not negative according to the media) that has emerged since the final debate.

It opens with McCain's scathing comment, "I am not George W Bush, if you wanted to run against George W Bush you should have run four years ago." The narrator then tries to claim that McCain votes like him. The most deceitful moment of the ad is the end: A shot of McCain stating, "I voted with the president over 90 percent of the time, higher than a lot of my -- even Republican -- colleagues."

Before I continue, here is a direct comment by Obama when he was campaigning in a Red State, "And the truth of the matter is that the only bills that I voted for, for the most part, since I've been in the Senate were introduced by Republicans with George Bush. You know, they were the majority for a big chunk of the time I was there." (I mean a bunch of balogna, but it doesn't seem to be such a big deal for him, now does it?)

Back to the ad: With that video clip of McCain it's right from the horses mouth, right? WRONG! This nearly expertly edited clip has removed two key words, one at the beginning and one at the end. Listen closely and you can hear the first word: "That." and watch his lips and you can see him beginning to form the last, "But."

The full quote is, "My opponent likes to claim that I voted with the president over 90 percent of the time, higher than a lot of my -- even Republican -- colleagues, but this is simply not the case." He is obviously stating the allegations in order to refute them.

Nothing like deceiving the American public to gain the office in which they desire someone with integrity. Maybe, just maybe, all of the politicians play the same game and McCain is watching this ad chuckling and thinking, "good shot!"

If this isn't enough for you, here's a great website to read on the full Obama story.

Well, it's all just my opinion. And it's one I'll be exerting at the voting booth.