Political Ads

I don't know about you but I am growing to dislike political ads more than ever.  I have never liked them; they are generally misleading and false.  They distort the facts and often misrepresent the truth.  The sad matter of all this is that these misleading, untruthful, and downright acts of intentional deception tend to influence voters who do not dig into the real truth.  They often reflect the theme that the American voter is stupid and will believe anything we tell them.  FactCheck.Org does a great job in analyzing political ads and giving information about each one that is falls and misleading.  Some of the claims made by political ads are mentioned below from FactCheck.org:

• Republicans claim Obama "voted 94 times for higher taxes." But their count is inflated and misleading.
• The McCain campaign falsely claims that Obama voted to raise income taxes on individuals earning "as little as $32,000 per year."
• McCain claims 23 million small-business owners would pay higher tax rates under Obama. He's wrong. The vast majority would see no change, and many would get a cut.
• McCain misrepresents Obama's tax proposals again. And again, and again.
• A McCain ad wrongly claims Obama plans "painful tax increases" for working families. And who's talking about deficits?
• McCain ad misrepresents Obama's tax plan. Again.
• An Obama-Biden ad says McCain supports "cutting benefits in half" for Social Security recipients. False!
• Obama tells Social Security recipients their money would now be in the stock market under McCain's plan. False.

Regardless which candidate you are leaning toward, it would be a good use of your time to check out the accuracy of political ads.  I don't want the politicians out there making my decisions for me; I want to make a decision based on the best knowledge I can gather and then vote for the candidate that will be best for our country.