This is why I usually avoid news and politics

This year I felt the need to inform myself of both candidates, although I checked out various outside parties at one point of frustration. Well all I can say is they are outside parties for good reason.

But the lies being bandied about this year are so disgusting. There are distortions on both sides but the vicious outright lies about Palin are shocking. So many disparage her for lack of experience and not having large Q&A sessions with the press that one might think no democrat/liberal/insert_your_own_term could fear her in the slightest. BUT one does not use lying sneak attacks on someone they don't consider a serious foe and saying that Palin's Downs syndrome child was really her grandchild -and who knows how long that would have gone on if her daughter was not pregnant? -- and now twisting a backwards Alaska-wide situation that existed while she was the mayor of Wasilla and making it sound like that was the only town where hospitals charged the victim's insurance companies for the rape kit testing in total disregard for truth and facts. Disgusting fear mongering by some of the media. I am even more pissed off at them than usual.

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/09/24/old-media-pushes-false-rape-kit-charge-against-gov-palin

Oh well, in spite of the stupidity that many individuals in the country are so capable of, I actually feel like the country itself will be ok regardless of who wins the presidency. Perhaps it will be better to have the socialist leaning candidate I have to vote against win as the polls seem to suggest is likely. We do have a congress and a supreme court, its not like he can go hog wild with his desires to redistribute wealth in this country - and I don't like 40 million payoff to CEO's who have ruined their companies myself. My biggest worry is that I think he will make things worse by withdrawing from Iraq. We should NOT have gone in, but thats water over the bridge now and I think just pulling out on a timetable and moving soldiers to Afghanistan will only shift the problems in Afghanistan to Iraq but about 10 times worse. But I can hope I'm wrong or maybe that he wont even be so drastic if he does wear the CIC hat. And perhaps the polls are off. I surely cant be the only person who distrusts them and also hates to talk on the phone and tends to hang up before they can start any kind of survey, plus I'm at work when they would call, Oh I love my shifted hours job!