Political Ads Make Us Sick

By Glenn Mollette

Politicians can't serve unless we vote them into office.
Big money buys big advertising. The big advertising is about convincing us how to vote. Harry Reid said "Coal and oil makes us sick." Political campaigns make us sick would be closer to the truth. Honestly, aren't you sick and tired, worn out and beat down by all the political television rhetoric?

Politicians buy every available advertising space on television. The only people who dread seeing the campaign end are the television station owners and sales teams. They get rich during the campaign season.

The power lies in our flip of the switch at the voting booth. If we stay home on Election Day we are giving up our great American privilege.

I hear too many people say my vote doesn't count. According to statisticbrain.com 64% of America's
registered voters voted in the 2012 Presidential election.
That number represents 131,144,000 voters. This sounds like a lot of people but 206,072,000 people would have
been eligible to vote if everyone had registered.

Every vote counts. November fourth, television will be all about how you and millions of Americans vote. Too many ineffective politicians get into office because people don't take the time to vote.

Plan now to vote. Work your schedule so that you have the time to cast your ballot.

How do your feel about the soldiers who serve our country? Some of them are in harms way every day.
Some will lose a limb or take a bullet for you. The least you can do is drag yourself into your local precinct and vote. Make an informed decision. Listen to what they say and study what they have done.

Today, most Americans are worried about healthcare, Social Security, jobs, our national security, taxes and feeding our families. Sitting home on Election Day fumbling with the television remote or Facebook will not help any of your concerns.

Drag yourself away from whatever you are normally doing and go to the polls on Election Day. I hear so many people saying they don't like certain candidates and love others. The only way to keep someone in office or put someone else in office is to vote.

If you are reading this after Election Day, please remember for the next voting day. Your vote is only one vote but it's a vote. Your vote will make a difference on Election night - if you vote.