I have long been against voting, for many reasons. Russ Longcore has an article over at lewrockwell.com that argues the same thing and isn't bad at it. Check it out. In addition to what he said, I've noticed that the candidates spend a great deal of money on advertising, mostly to hide what they actually believe or what they have done. This has made me think of a couple different things. The first is they must have to spend so much because there really is not very much different between them, so the smallest differences have to be accentuated. As far as I can tell the products that have the least differences between them advertise themost, Coke and Pepsi; Budweiser and Miller. Bud light and Miller light might as well be the same damn thing in the same way that any two presidential candidates from the two parties might as well be the same person; same crappy flavor, same lack of ability to satisfy, and same bitter aftertaste.
The other thing that came to mind, specifically in reference to Mr. Longcore's quote concerning actions and belief was in car advertising. The cars most often advertised on TV are the lowest end crap of the worst American car manufacturers. Of course all sorts of drivel must be told about these things, because nothing essential to their quality or performance would make anyone want to buy them. Ferrari on the other hand has never advertised, Enzo always said their performance at the race track would be enough to convince drivers, in the same way that Ron Paul's performance in the Congress proved his ability, but much like a Ferrari, few people bought into Ron and we have a Ford and a Chevy.
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