Just a Little Bias....

A column in this AM's newspaper focuses on "undecided voters."  I agree in questioning, "Who can be an undecided voter at this point?"  Beats me, but....

The columnist writes, "The choice is pretty simple."  And then her true colors bleed all over the page.  "If you want less government and presumably lower taxes, vote for Romney."  "Presumably" is the troubling word.

"If you believe government is the only way to properly educate and provide health care for the majority of people and to protect the environment and civil rights, vote to re-elect the President."  Let's see, "only," "properly," "majority" are all loaded words in this context.

She also notes, "Obama is a mild progressive and  Romney is an arch conservative."  "A mild progressive??????"  Yeah, right.  "An arch conservative?"  I suppose it can be argued that Romney is not at all a "conservative" in the traditional sense, but to emphasize with "arch" is a bit too much.

But, this is an op-ed piece, "op" meaning "opinion."  Fine, I don't have a problem with the column and columnist as long as the writer fully admits to a bias.  This is America; people have a right to their opinions.  That's one of the things that makes this America.  But don't try to come off as a neutral party.  I'm not saying the columnist is claiming that, just that there is a media bias, which, again, is fine as long as she admits it.

I do agree with her, that, at least in the instance of Romney, "It appears this is another 'hold your nose and vote....' election."  And, I'm getting tired of these types of elections.  I resent it and, frankly, I'm not sure I'm going to "hold my nose" on Nov 6 or with an absentee ballot.  I am that upset that the parties, esp the Republicans, continue to think they can hold me, well, my vote, hostage.  Perhaps if enough of us said, "Enough" and voted that way, we'd get some legitimate candidates.

I know it's another question, but maybe we can't get legitimate candidates.  Who in his or her right mind would run for office?  Who would subject him/herself to the blatant and ever-present lies?  And, neither party shows any shame at their deliberate lying.  In fact, lying is why I've changed my mind about one of the propositions on the state ballot--the radio ads are patently dishonest.  And I intend to let the perpetrators of those lies know that they influenced my vote, but not the way they wanted.