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Old 09-25-2008, 07:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
skizziks
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Do you blame the media or the people?

My biggest frustration about this upcoming election is that the majority of Americans think they only have two choices, Obama or Mccain.

I'm a registered Libertarian and I'm voting for Bob Barr. When I ask people if they know who he is, they all look at me like a pig looks at a wristwatch.

Whose fault is it?

I blame the media, as they only present Obama and MCcain as a choice, they won't even mention Bob Barr, even though he is technically the only "legal" candidate on the ticket in Texas (ref: Bob Barr Only Candidate In Texas | Patriots Revolt)

It sees the media, by not mentioning Barr at all and only mentioning the other two is quietly directing people and narrowing the choice to only two candidates, even though there are at least 13 parties.

The people, on the other hand, who are going to vote and whose ignorance will affect not just their lives but mine as well, seem happy to only have two choices, even though most people complain that they don't want either one. One of the common complaints I hear is "I don't like either candidate, but that's all we have, so I'm picking who I hate the least." When i tell them about Barr, they blow it off as not even an option, like they are throwing a vote away.

If the majority of people "threw their vote away" on Barr, he would win, right?

Barr has a youtube channel with videos, a page where he states his agenda, it's all out there for the taking. When I try to tell people about it, they just say "eh, nice idea, but no. what are we going to do?" They seem happy to be stuck with only two choices.

So do you blame the media for directing and unfairly influencing the people, or do you blame the people for not doing the research and being as informed as possible, staying willfully ignorant and making a half assed decision that will greatly affect the whole damn world (to be slightly over dramatic, but really, think about it. The whole damn world is affected by what we do).

Really this frustrates me, Id like to know what others think.
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