The other day, I was watchting the Democratic National Convention with my daughter for a homework project. I was kind of surprised the amount of BIASED reporting that occured from all of the networks. You have Fox News, which again proved that they were extremely Liberal, CNN, typically middle of the road (again refreshing), and MSNBC, which proved to be the extreme right and annoyingly conservative, that seemed to have attempted to shove their own political views down the throats of their viewers. I know that they all have fans that appreciate the type of entertainment that is provided, however, through the deliverance of biased reporting, it appears that we have lost the necessary forms of communication needed to make an educated decision.
I am the typical independent, you know the type of voter that weighs all of the issues and votes their conscience and not the conscience of a given party. After all, the definite view of the parties are self serviant and not for the public majority. We all have successes and failures in our life, and we all seem to have our own views of what tends to be overwhelming and destructive. We do not need the assistance of others to help us wallow in our misery, we need to have a leader that can unite us with the idea's and ideals needed to lift us out of the depression that everybody has fallen into. We don't need to argue about experience, since the president needs the assistance of the legislative branch and visa versa to get any true change done. A good example would be Presiden Jimmy Carter. He had some really good ideas while in office, however, due to the full GOP House and Senate, his entire presidency became a Lame Duck presidency and went down in history as a failed term.
With out the ability to bring all individuals together, without the concerns of specific parties, nothing will get passed, and the typical view of our government's status quo will continue forward. Pointing fingers and finding fault in all that one has done or will do will only cause the delay of what really needs to happen, CHANGE.
Let's take a chance, drop the senseless following and promptings from supposed leaders of each party and lets listen to what the candidates have to say and how they propose to follow through with their plans. Maybe we can take a chance and follow the proper candidate for what they propose rather than blindly following a mostly two party system only interested in maintaining their power. Views and opinions are what makes our form of government exciting, so let's listen, DEBATE and DISCUSS, and then vote our conscience. We may flip the Electoral College on it's rear and may make the most of the opportunities presented to us.
