Stop the Smearing and Get the Vote Out

by Jonathan Cymberknopf This 2008 election cycle I have been doing a lot of browsing through the internet looking at various Third Party web sites or so called Independent sites searching for news you normally don’t hear in the mainstream media since I decided to vote for someone other than Obama and McCain. The crazy thing I noticed which may be a normal occurrence at these web sites, but regardless, found it equally disturbing was that the bloggers who I presume by their comments will all be voting Third Party go to such large extents in smearing each others candidates. I have seen everything from people posting gossip, rumors, and lies to simply denigrating each other for believing in something or someone different or an all together different platform than that of the other. The blogs are filled with conspiracy theories,... [read full story]