Politicians Win By Lying

McCain says Obama voted for a million dollar overhead projector. Obama says McCain voted for tax cuts for the oil companies. Palin said this, Biden said that... Check out factcheck.org for the truth.

People are mad that Bush supposedly lied about weapons of mass destruction.

Point is: Why would we want another president who believes an occasional lie is justified under any circumstance or for personal gain? Why would we elect a candidate who daily manipulates the truth to get favorable poll results and win elections? I don't get it and it makes me mad to see how all of the candidates bend the truth to make their opponent look bad. Instead of talking about their own ideas and agendas they seek to grossly distort their opponents beliefs, records, intentions, etc, to cast doubt. It's tired and wrong.

In addition, the shame is many voters lazily make up their mind about a candidate based on the distortions. My father-in-law thinks Obama is going to enact pro-euthanasia laws (likely after hearing a right wing smear). And I've heard people say McCain is going to take us to war against China (likely from the left). People need to make voting decisions based on who they align with proactively vs. reactively.

So, I propose a law that states that all candidates, for any office, local or national, must only talk about their own agendas and principles. They are only allowed to mention their opponent in reference to who they are running against for what office. But they can't say anything else about their opponent. Keep the race and back-and-forth to conversations around agendas. If one candidate runs a commercial saying they are going to cut taxes the other can only counter with their plans for taxes. One-up with facts, not distortions.

Stuff said.