The Lying Has To Stop. Now.

I am so ready for this election to be over.  It’s really disturbing how candidates are lying, twisting things around and making false claims.  There needs to be election reform…if you lie, you should get penalized…called out, publically embarassed, fined, whatever. 

Take this article for example – Obama is basically just making stuff up. How can this be permitted?  The scarier thing to me is that people seem to believe anything they hear or a candidate says.  We should be smarter than that.  But, the system and the candidates should be held accountable.

I’d like to see a referee at the debates.  Complete in a NFL-style white and black outfit.  When a candidate makes a flase statement, he (or she) would blow a whistle and clarify.

When a campaign runs an ad that contains a lie – whether it’s about a policy, a candidate’s view point or a fictional story created for rhetorical purposes (case in point, Obam credited Selma, AL for his existence when in fact his parents hadn’t even met at the time) - there needs to be a major clarification and action taken.

And the bigger question is, if the candidates are lying to us to get elected, what’s going to happen when they take office?

I trust John McCain more.  I believe he has a more proven track record and better experience.  I think he has run a more credible campaign.  His policy plans make more sense.  That’s why I’m voting McCain-Palin.