Don't drink the Kool-Aid!

The Voter's Handbook came today and along with it a flurry of Robo-Calls and the mailbox smells of political flack.  The TV and Radio Commercials have already started with their half-truths and gross misrepresentations. So if you're bogged down in the increasing swamp of Election Manure,here's my suggestion. Follow the money! Look for the funders. 

Every political ad, whether broadcast or print must identify the sponsor. Often it's an innocuous sounding committee like: "American's for Jobs" (Unions), "Californians For A Cure" and "Californians Against Out Of Control Taxes" (Both Big Tobacco) listen to the tags and then read the voter's handbook. These bastards are tricky, take 29 for instance. There's a Doctor saying she's against smoking. Nothing wrong with that until she says that the cigarette tax will not spend one cent on treating cancer. What she doesn't say while damning the research that Prop 29 will fund is that a large portion of the revenue will be invested in programs designed to curtail smoking. Maybe that's why the $$$$$ come from Big Tobacco.  

Who pays for the ads is more important in deciding for what and whom  you vote than the promises of the ads themselves. Since practically no one reads this blog anyway, let me add, that I will not vote for anyone who robo-calls me.