thereisnospoon
Gold Member
The way I see it is one does not vote, they have no right to an opinion.I do wish their was a law that when a politician speaks he would be held to account for lying in an official capacity. I know its a long shot but some of these ads and comments are flat out lying on both sides and then the paper, websites, blogs etc quote them then it becomes its own animal.
A lie gets half way around the world before the truth gets his pants on
We have freedom of speech and with that comes everyone's own responsibilities not laws.
You should see some of newspapers back in 1700 and early 1800's about political attack ads.
It makes the ones today seem tame.
This is why our founders emphasized heavily on the voters to be well informed on the issues, because when they are well informed the attack ads become a non issue.
I understand that but as you can see the public aint well informed. How do we deal with that moving forward knowing that just hoping they pay attention to political matters and not American Idol aint gonna happen?
We who are well informed are doing it right now on social networks.
It will take some time but they are already starting to know more than they have been in the past.
A majority of U.S. adults continue to say the major U.S. political parties do such a poor job representing Americans that a third party is needed. The 58% wanting a third party is little changed from last year.
Gallup.Com - Daily News Polls Public Opinion on Politics Economy Wellbeing and World
Our biggest problem is the people themselves who don't vote. This is what we need to work on..