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Originally Posted by Peaceful-Kancer  Do you peeps ever think that maybe people don't really care what race he is, they just don't like him as a politician - then the media spins up the race card and says that people don't like him because he is black or has a Muslim name? I generally think that the media thrives on these "shock tidbits" and everyone buys into it. Are there people out there that won't vote Obama because he is black? Sure. Are there people out there that won't vote Clinton because she is a woman? Sure. Are there people out there that won't vote McCain because he was in the military? Sure. Are there people that won't vote for Ron Paul because he believes in the Consititution? Sure. Are there that won't vote for Romney because he is a Mormon? Sure. Are there people that won't vote for Richardson because he is overweight? Sure. I mean, please people. Can't you see that the media has just picked the most controversial subject to create ratings? |
But the media wouldn't focus on these "controversial topics" if people never paid attention to them to begin with. Plenty of people pick Presidential candidates based on celebrity, image, and everything else besides the main issues. The media knows this, so they continually bring up these tabloidish stories about each candidate that really don't mean a thing except to those who choose to obsess about them. You've seen some of the ridiculous threads about Clinton & Obama on this board. Sometimes I wonder how people come to these outrageous beliefs about the candidate they support or hate, whether they put them on the Pedestals of God or in the fiery pits of Purgatory. And God forbid if you tell any of these conspiracy-theory finding individualists they're not using their heads.
Rational thinking people will ignore all of the non-issues and make a sound choice based on topics that do matter. I just hope there's more rational thinkers out there come in November.