Left? Or, Right?

The nearer we come to the November elections here in the United States, the more we are inundated with political advertisements... and none of them are true. They may be technically true (sometimes), but universally misleading. The ads are full of non-contextual sound bytes and extremely unflattering photographs. Campaigns even employ companies to search every word an opponent has spoken looking for gaffes. These blunders will then be used to make the opponent look like an idiot. No one can pass these tests.



I suggest that we believe nothing and vote based on ideology only. We can't rely on the politicians to tell us what they will do, or even what they have done. Whomever is the incumbent will tout his or her accomplishments while the opposition shows how the same accomplishments were mistakes. But, we know the platforms and that's really all we know.

The right is generally pro-life, pro-gun, pro-Israel, stands for traditional marriage, and strives for less government, including less welfare. The left, on the other hand, is generally the opposite. So, if you're an American voter, find yourself in there somewhere and vote accordingly. It's really all we have to go on.

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