Election Rant #2

I have to say that the absolute worst thing about this upcoming election is all of the political commercials on TV. I’m not much of a TV watcher, in fact I usually only watch about an hour and a half of TV a week (1-hour show, 1-30 minute show). But during this crazy election season, I can’t get through a 30-minute episode of New Girl without seeing at least 3 political commercials.

I understand that if you’re in politics these days you have to run your fair share of commercials on TV, but my problem with them is that they are all so hateful. There are very few, if any, political commercials where they strictly promote one candidate without throwing jabs at their opponent. I wish when deciding to vote you could just choose the candidate that didn’t do any mudslinging and that would be the one you voted for. But when every candidate participates in the bashing of their opponents then we as voters really have no choice, thus we unintentionally encourage their behavior. Maybe someday we will find a candidate that is honest, honorable, and of the highest moral standards. Maybe we will find someone like Atticus Finch; now that would be someone worth voting for.