Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Alzheimer's in the Electorate and More Truth in Advertising

Darn those fickle Independents and darn their short memories.  It seems 6 out of 10 Independent voters forgot that just two years ago, they were certain our economic woes were all the Republicans' faults.  They seem to have forgotten completely that the stimulus plan they were so against, in favor of tax cuts, included some of the biggest tax cuts in history, actually beating both of the big Bush tax cuts on the two year scale.  They also 'totally spaced' the fact that this whole mess they are blaming on the Democrats happened as a direct result of Republican policies leading up to this administration.  And that while things haven't gotten better as fast as any of us liked, they are getting better faster than many experts expected.  It's not completely their fault though.  Democrats did an astoundingly horrible job stumping and countering Republican spin.  They let the Republicans dictate the debate through the whole political season.  I hope they know what they're doing because we now have just enough of a balance to get absolutely nothing done, while still blaming the Democrats for everything.

In the mean time I have a little splash of my own I want to make in the next election and I am asking all of my readers to join me.  I will be asking all candidates in the next election to be honest in their ads.  I will also be asking them to denounce dishonest ads presented by special interest groups.  I will be seeking and/or building an organization to offer a non-partisan endorsement to ads of all seekers regardless of party affiliation that have their ads independently fact-checked before the ad airs.  This will be intended as a non-partisan effort and I hope to garner the support of people on both sides of the aisle.  I ask your help in doing this.  I will need a lot of voices to make sure that election hopefuls know exactly what we want.  This is to become the primary focus of this blog.  So, anyone start any juggernaut political movements recently?  I could use some advice.

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