I don’t even think I can write this, but I wanted to express my opinions about one part: I really don’t see why someone’s personal history matters.

Exhibit A:

I don’t understand why this person thinks he has any clout. I’m going to make a video that says Hillary and I were riding a flying moose while doing lines of coke off of a cardboard box of dead puppies. I’m in no way defending Obama, I don’t know who I’m voting for, but people don’t understand that they’re not just ruining a faceless politician’s career, but they’re squashing the lives of a respectable person and most likely his family as well. All that should count for public office is their public record: how they voted on certain topics, who they were influenced by, etc…

To relate this to something I do have more knowledge in, slander/libel in baseball has the same effect. Take David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox. Someone mentioned in passing that “David Ortiz is so good, he probably took steroids” followed by a chuckle. The next day, there were articles questioning if he was clean, if someone had given him “the clear” etc, etc, etc… With the media these days, you can’t do that, and on the other side of the coin, you have to take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Even though this guy has no proof, no background, no statement, people are set against Obama because of this video, regardless of it’s “truthiness”.

The real focus shouldn’t be if he inhaled, if she “let” her husband cheat on her (I’ve heard people say “how can she lead a country if she can’t control her husband”)… It should be on people focusing on issues that affect everyone. Enter: The Purple Party. Here’s a mentality that I would be able to identify with. Why do you have to fit into a box? If you agree with the war, are you Republican? If you agree with an immediate withdrawal, are you a Democrat? If I like Obama, but I registered 12 years ago as a Republican for other reasons, shouldn’t I be able to cast my vote in the primaries for Obama? I think adding the wrench of a new “party” into the red/blue war would cause discussion bringing more pertinent topics to the forefront.

But I digress…