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[kellyasmus]

With this upcoming election, Factcheck.org has really lead me to believe you cannot trust what either of the candidates are saying, especially in the debates, without checking the facts first. Both of the candidates seem to exaggerate the truth - now I'm going to second guess almost everything both of them are saying! Misleading statements and

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[justcodedan]

I don't think that's a good example of both sides stretching the truth. In fact that particular page shows most of the stretching coming from McCain. There are 7 issues listed in that link and McCain is listed in 5 of the issues. Obama is also listed in 5 issues two of which are actually McCain misrepresenting Obama. So really Obama has given 3 issues

[scottygirliwish]

And that is why I'm not voting for either guy. Yeah maybe many people think I'm throwing away my vote, but if more and more people did this maybe we'd get other voices in the mix than just these two guys.

Why are people bullied into the "well, there are only two choices, pick the person who is not as bad as the other guy" thing? Well, I think that's a false agenda and there are definitely more options! I wish people could see that.

[justcodedan]

For the most part I agree with you. However, you might do people a greater service by, instead of talking about who you aren't going to vote for, talk about who you will vote for. Maybe you'll convince someone that your guy/girl would be better than the other two choices