The Day of Falsehood

I'd say "Day of Truth" for the American people but this is a decision on a contest of bullshit spouted from two unimpressive candidates. One was just a lesser evil. Especially since Nader isn't a prominent candidate when it comes to support.

What I found interesting when I voted this morning was how for the Presidential election portion there were four choices for Prez and VP: Democrat, Republic, Green, and either Libertarian or Constitution party. Which brings to mind a question... Does Nader even have a running mate (even though it makes no difference to the outcome of this election)?

What's interesting is how close the race is, and how much the global community has at stake, and the incredible level of interest they have in our election this year (providing evidence of how disconcerting the current Administration's affairs have been to the other industrialized nations of the world). So much is at stake for the country and the world.

And whoever wins will have half the nation despising him, just because of how polarizing this election campaign has been with all the attack ads. Intolerance seems to run high with Americans, but at no time is it greater than right now I'd argue, where insults are handed out based on who your support for President. And where physical harm could be threatened or dished out just because of one's philosophy being the polar opposite of anothers.

With the stakes this high, vote manipulation is inevitable by both sides. Especially in states and counties with electronic ballots which can easily be altered to show more support for the fixer's candidate than there was. Its a game that they can't afford to sit idly by and let the general public in its "wisdom" decide who will lead. Its a power play by both sides. Its all or nothing.