Be Careful What You Hear

Posted by: Brent James on January 23, 2008 Hot Issues •

Whether this is your first presidential election or your 21st (it’s my eighth), please do your homework. Get as much information, from as many different (read, trusted) sources as possible. It would be easy to listen to a few networks or cable news shows and believe you have enough facts to vote. But it would be just as misleading.

The major news outlets can say anything they’d like and they do. Not that it’s correct, mind you. Case in point: A few weeks back, as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were squaring off on the campaign trail, a mainstream news source attempted to manufacture controversy through inference. Bill O’Reilly makes the point rather well. Go here, then scroll down to ‘Opinion’ and click on ‘Talking Points’ dated 1/14.

Nothing new, of course, but it goes to show you that digging deep is your best course of action. Know thy candidate.

Believe me, it will sound pretty ignorant to be saying of your candidate some months from now, “Gee, if I’d known that, I wouldn’t have voted for him.” Then, all the efforts you might have given to securing their election would be nullified as you spend more time fighting their policies.

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Comments

Great advice!! Most voters base there decisions on what they hear on the news, or in the debates. It scares me to think that the news media has the largest impact on selecting our next President. I recommend looking at the candidates records, before listening to their campaigns or the news media.

I voted for Ron Paul, he has a 20+ year record on being very conservative, pro-life, pro-family, pro-constitution, etc. The news media either ignores him or tries to bash him, but his 20+ year record doesn’t lie!

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Posted by Jonathan Grubbs on January 27, 2008.