As the election draws ever nearer, the amount of advertising for and against all the candidates increases ever more. Looking at these advertisments, most of which I notice in the infrequent television watching that I attempt, one thing becomes clearer and clearer. We live in an age of dishonesty. It is impossible to watch one of the Obama commercials attacking McCain, and vice versa, and not wonder about the validity of the statements tossed about. But those are to be expected by now as the presidential election process picks up twofold every four years. It is the advertisements paid for by the county level politicians that are really the most vicious. A picture of the candidate will be on the screen, and article clippings flying around with negative statements about the politics of the person or their personal lives. Then comes the fun part, paid for by the opposing candidate. This does not help me choose who I want to vote for, I hope they know. Really this gets me angry at them for degrading their opponent and themselves, to the point I would vote for their opponent if they were not doing the exact same thing. It is hard to be an informed voter when no candidates wish to put out their policies in clear sight but would rather bash their opponents. I vote for an amendment on reforming political advertising so that we do not have to strain our minds wading through all the nonsense,