American Political Commercials are 100% ridiculous. They are short-winded, appeal only to emotions and require that the viewer have very little intelligence (or willingness to do some research). Not to mention the ones that are straight out lies.

I live in Montana, a northern state where apparently guns, oil and energy are the only things that matter. I woke up the other day with a Obama commercial that stated (and I quote):

…It’s important to me that our next president protects our second amendment rights to own guns and defend ourselves. Barack Obama and John McCain both make sure we keep our guns…

If you check FactCheck.org (the “non-partisan” political fact-checking website that Obama refers to in his own defense), it says:

Obama has called for national legislation against carrying concealed firearms, and he would revive and make permanent the expired ban on semi-automatic “assault weapons,” for example.

What about that says “keep your guns”? Someone help me out here.

But hey, Obama isn’t the only lying politician (as if I needed to use a descriptive word…)

Here’s a transcription of a “quality” McCain TV Ad:

In crisis, Experience matters. McCain and his congressional allies led. Tought rules on Wall Street, stop CEO rip offs, protect your savings and pensions. Obama and his liberal allies, “Mum on the Market Crisis” because “No one knows what to do.” More Taxes, no leadership - a risk your family can’t afford.

WTF does that mean? How were you tough on Wall Street? Havn’t you been in congress forever before this wall street “failure.” What about CEO rip-offs? Are you going to make this into a communist country and run all of the companies to insure your the only one getting ridiculous rip-offs? WTF?

When did CEO’s and company owners - the same people who’s inventions made America great - become the bad guys. When did one person’s success for hard work and intelligence become such a bad thing? Why is the majority of Americans concentrated on “Getting a Job” from a big corporation when they hate big corporations? Isn’t it these “CEO rip-offs” the ones who are giving you a job and keeping you alive?

The worst part about all this is how much people believe this crap. Do you really think these two Presidential hopefuls aren’t both lying politicians?

Every time either of these schmucks show up in a new demographic, they change (even if only slightly - they do.) Why can’t American politics be about character and not about popularity? It’s really a shame.

I only hope that we can wake up and see what is actually going on…

I Hate American Political Commercials,
Ashton Sanders