If It's Too Good to Be True...

With the inauguration of the President of the United States last month came the end of the election season and I'm glad it's over. It was the repetitive, deceitful political advertisements that made it so difficult to endure. How can we trust our government to people whose ads clearly reveal their lack of integrity. They will absolutely say and do anything to get elected. It's disgusting.



Maybe in just this one area we could override the Constitution's First Amendment and prohibit these ads completely. With the president attempting to override the Second Amendment, it seems to be the season for such things. OK, maybe we shouldn't do that and neither should the president. But, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has already been granted the power to control the content of advertisements so, if we add to that the restriction that no political advertisement can refer to a person other than the one paying for the ad, we'd all be a lot happier. In addition, we should allow the FCC to retroactively enforce a standard of truthfulness in the ads. If a politician doesn't do what they promise, they should be held liable. The manufacturers of products are punished when it is discovered that they have misrepresented their product, so why should politicians be any different?

I'm already dreading the next election season. Please, someone, just give us some relief!