Politics is tough to watch. Candidates throw big money behind their claims that their policies are better or perhaps their opponent is worse than they are.
Where can you go to for the facts? Where can you “see through the spin” of Washington? Personally I visit http://www.factcheck.org. Factcheck.org is a non-profit organization and is not affiliated with any political party. You can tell they don’t have the best funding in the world; however they do a lot of research and know how to get a hold of claims made by politicians and show the truthfulness of them.
When you visit their YouTube site it is a bit disappointing when you look at the total number of views and comments when compared to Obama or McCain’s site. Both candidates have made misrepresentations in their campaign so far. For a taste of what a Factcheck.org episode looks like watch the video below.
I am grateful as a citizen to have others that are willing to help me work my way through the facts and figures thrown out by politicians.
First presidential debate
Friday, September 26
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
Jim Lehrer
Executive Editor and Anchor, The NewsHour, PBS
Vice presidential debate
Thursday, October 2
Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Gwen Ifill
Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour, and Moderator and Managing Editor, Washington Week, PBS
Second presidential debate (town meeting)
Tuesday, October 7
Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn.
Tom Brokaw
Special Correspondent, NBC News
Third presidential debate
Wednesday, October 15
Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.
Bob Schieffer
CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent, and Host, Face the Nation
YouTube certainly has quality videos and of course those that make you question whether a person should have been allowed to buy a camera. For this post I wanted to share a great video with all of you by Commoncraft.
The topic for this episode is, Electing a US President in Plain English. For those of us that might have been overwhelmed by the process back in 2000 or baffled by it in 2004 here it is in plain english. Kudos to Lee Lefever and the gang.
For more Commoncraft videos go to their YouTube Channel [Here]
Can you help? I’m participating in the National Alzheimer’s Memory Walk around the National Mall. The walk takes place on October 18, 2008. To date the charity has raised over $100,000. My team within my firm, Booz Allen Hamilton is looking to help raise $10,000.
For the time being I’ve committed to helping our group raise $50 and I’ll match donations up to $50. I’ll raise the outlook if many of you have a generous heart. Do you have $5 you would like to commit to a worthy cause?
