Worried About the Election? I Am

The American public is pretty stupid. If you're not on board with this truth, then you might as well stop reading, because you won't agree with what I'm writing.

You have all heard about the whole "more people vote for American Idol than for the elections" and "some people know the 'big mac' song but not the pledge of alleigance (supersize me)"; all this means that as a whole, we are victims of advertisement, and horrible ones at that. Just look at the mac commercials and how many of you fell for them (sorry, couldn't help myself).

We (once again, as a general whole) take in these commercials which come up at least once an hour, and slowly absorb what they say, almost to the point where we begin to associate the people in them permanently with what they are being connected to. If you saw the verizon guy in any other commercial, any other movie, or in real life, the words coming out of your mouth would proably be something along the lines of "its the verizon man!".

Now how many of you saw the recent pro-McCain commercials that compared Obama to pop-stars, Brittney Spears, Paris Hilton, etc? Now if you are educated enough, you will easily come to the conclusion that those are stupid comparisons and that you can't possibly compare them. The same, however, can't be said about the same public who voted So Real Crew ahead of Super Crew and Fanny Pack.

McCain is focusing on attacking Obama for his popularity, basically slandering, and even though they are coming out to the press saying it's only providing light hearted jokes to a serious election, that's not the intent. My fear is that Obama, with no other choice, will follow his footsteps and start attacking McCain. They've already called him the "wrinkly white-haired guy". This will start becoming the storylines, this topic will dominate commercials, and it will take away time from more pressing issues, such as reducing the national deficit, lowering gas prices, figuring out some sort of solution with the troops, things that matter, not how old McCain is, and how cool Obama is.

The public will eat up all these commercials and make their decision for president based on that. If this continues to happen, we will elect the wrong president into office. We need to focus on each of their strengths, and what they can bring in office. In office, McCain's looks aren't going to slow him down, and neither will the fact that Obama and Brad Pitt are related (true by the way). Hopefully this shapes up, because honestly, this election is going to affect me as I start becoming more independent, paying taxes, and providing for myself. I don't want a confused public determining important parts of my future.

That being said, it's time for a change.

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