Fair play . . . Manners . . . Dignity . . .

There is always some snipping at an opponent during a major election but one side has gone overboard from stretching the truth to outright lies. First, there was the commercial with the gentleman claiming that Mr. Romney murdered his wife by taking away her health care. Facts were that the woman died six years after the man had left the business and retained her own health care until two years before her death. The Democrats must have taken some kind of 'new' math to an all-time low to work this claim into the six-year time frame. When this error was pointed out to the president, it was decided to continue running the ad, anyway. Why? Well, because he knew there was people who never look beyond the end of their nose when it comes to voting and if the lie could garner a few more votes, so much the better.

Medicare is another source of misinformation in the campaign. The side of the incumbent president claim that Paul Ryan (the VP nominee) has plans to cut out Medicare from the elderly and/or raise the costs so much that they will have little coverage. The truth is that the obama administration is using over seven billion from Medicare to fund obamacare. The Medicare platform on the Republican side would keep that money in the Medicare program and not change the current program.

Traditionally, the respective sides in a campaign put their rallies and such low-key during the conventions. This time around, again breaking with polite tradition, the Democrats plan to increase their campaign stops. Also, the major networks don't plan to run footage of the opening day of the Republican Convention. Where are the equal rights for both sides? Last convention period, Michelle obama gave a speech on behalf of her husband. Again, the liberal media is not taking Ann Romney's speech for her husband into account.

For me, the above is enough to long for a drastic change in administration. If I add on the strong anti-life platform embraced by the Democrats, it is a no brainer that I would not vote for a party who favors the death of the unborn.

It will be interesting to see, however, how much of the Catholic vote, again, goes in favor of the Democrats. The Catholic vote seriously helped obama into office in 2008 and from the people I've talked to at my church, they aren't likely to change.

It is very confusing to me that people who attend Mass almost daily can receive Communion and spout their Catholicism . . . except when it comes to politics. I still have several people who haven't spoken to me since 2008 when I answered their question about my vote. Seems to me that if you hold another person's vote against them, their might be something wrong with the way you voted.