http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1843796,00.html
Truth in Advertising? Not in Political Ads
I always find it funny when I see the political Ads on T.V because I always wonder if they are true or if they are making things up to make their opponent look bad. It’s really funny when watching a speech from Obama saying that he is going to lower taxes and then watching a political ad from McCain saying that Obama wants to hire taxes and then I say to myself “okay McCain Obama just said that he wouldn’t do that, why lie?” Then I hear McCain saying that he doesn’t agree with Bush, but last night I seen Michelle Obama saying that McCain agrees 95% of the time with Bush’s decisions. I then start thinking to myself who is lying and who is telling the truth.
That is the reason why I found this article very interesting because it talks about the candidates and if their ads are true or not. I found it very disturbing when I read that in “1972 a political ad from a U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia named J.B. Stoner who was running on the National States Rights party ticket. Stoner called himself a "white racist" and his ad said the "main reason why niggers want integration is because niggers want our white women." I thought wow they really allowed that, what would this world be like if McCain had ads like that? At the same time I am not surprised because I was watching Obama speeches on YouTube and there were a lot of racist comments posted on there and I find it really sad to realize that there is still a lot of racism in the world. I really appreciate McCain for not taking it to that level of being racist, (from what I know of) I don’t know why people can’t show the same respect and quit trying to talk down on Obama because he is black.
Going back to my point a lot of these ads are getting out of control and I really don’t know who to believe any more, I just have to stick with my gut feeling on who I should vote for. There are a couple of websites you can go to, to find out the truth about these ads like Factcheck.org or Politifact.com, but then again anyone could be making up those websites and make up lies too.
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I agree on the fact that during the time of campaigning politicians will say anything to get a vote. At the same time the media also spins everything out of proportion. People can change their minds at anytime. Lets say Obama really did plan to raise taxes but as he gets more involved in the election he realizes his plans wont work. There fore he changes his plans. Then when the media gets a hold of this information they accuse him of lying. Not only can you not trust politicians but you cant trust the media!
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