Thursday, November 7, 2013

Either Way You Vote, You Still Get A Politician

In the article "The Real Loser: Truth", I believe the writer, Kevin M. Kruse, was discussing how politicians over time, in the past as well as now, have used deciet to gain votes. They not only lie to us but they lie about eachother. It makes it difficult when weighing your options on who to vote for in an upcoming election. I think the article reminds us, with various examples, to look at the facts, not the "he said, she said", when making a decision. And it sheds light, that will all politicians, not everything is what it seems. My reaction to this article wasn't so much regarding the topic that was written about, but the way it was written. I honestly had to read it several times to decipher what it was actually about. I honestly felt a better introduction was needed. The way that it jumped from example to example, I felt that I was reading a list rather than an article. As I said before, I had to read it several times to get even a small understanding of what it was about. As for my reaction to the topic, I am in agreement that politcians lie just as well, if not more, as they did in the past. You really have to educate yourself with alot of research regarding anything to do with politics or politicians.

4 comments:

  1. Yes Amanda this has been going on for years. The fact that they didn't have 'social media', tvs and internet to spread the facts the damage was slowed significantly.

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  2. Amanda, LOVE your title very catchy! I was also happy to see that I was not the only one that had to read the article SEVERAL times in order to actual understand what the man was even talking about. I was not impressed with his overall rhetoric and found it difficult to even want to continue reading. I believe he could have been more visible and made a more transparent statement with far less words.

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  3. Amanda,
    Like Jeniese said, your title is awesome! Don't worry, I had to read the article many times to understand what he was trying to tell us too. Lies in politics have been going on for a very long time. It is just easier for opponents to spread them today with the use of social media and ads.

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  4. I also had to read the article several times to understand what it meant. I love your title too! I think lies are just synonymous with politics now. With extremely biased news programming it makes it easier for politicians to spread lies about their opponents.

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