A question in politics:
I'm surprised how gargantuan people's opinions are when they don't really know what is going on.
I watched the third Obama/McCain debate last night and I realized that there was all of this language being thrown around regarding their plans and views on the current financial crisis--language that is having an impact on commentators, and on classmates of mine (influenced greatly by the commentators' opinions on the language too).
I have observed this by first, my own ignorance. Second, I attended a conference/forum with Luther's econ/acct proffs where a number of the questions from students revolved around sensationalist claims by the media, commentators, politicians, and presidential candidates--none of the claims having any real content to them other than making emotional appeals to scare people or get them fired up (something I hopefully understand now through context)
To the credit of these students (including myself): instead of sitting around their $3 coffees stating extravagant claims and opinions, these students went out and asked the questions in order to be more informed.
The truth about our future president and the financial crisis is this: there is a huge amount of time between now and their first day in office--a lot can change between now and then.
I feel that this problem reverberates to many other political platforms as well.
I guess what I've learned here is that the media is not our friend (no surprise) and confirmed my suspicion that a huge majority of voters vote on how the media makes them
feel about a candidate and their policies--emotionally. I feel very few voters really understand what is truly at stake with a number of issues (myself, likely included).
Of course God is sovereign and his will is going to be fulfilled--by those chosen by him or not. Voters would do well to get as real as possible with the issues at hand keeping in mind that there are eternal implications to our actions as voters (not just economical ones).
You can probably guess what I mean by that.
In the mean time, I urge anyone who gives a care about what I say:
GET REAL
--as much as you can, and you should end up okay from a moral standpoint. I pray that God would help me to navigate this traitorous playing field.
