History-making

Well, I hope you are as involved in this election as I am. I have taken the opportunity to watch some of both the DNC and the RNC. These events function as a way to display to the country the person who will be nominated for election from each of the political parties. I have read and listened to the news containing quotes and highlights from the candidates and prominent party members' speeches. I have to say that they mislead and confuse the audience against the truth, they bias and misconstrue facts! They present the views only of the journalist without bearing on the candidates, their qualities or positions. I ask you, my dear friends, why? Why do we need these journalists, reporters, and commentators? What value do they add to the story, what do they provide that we cannot possibly comprehend by reading or hearing the actual speech? If you objectively want to know which candidate most completely aligns with your views, just listen. You don't need sarcastic comments, you don't need flattering overtones, you need truth, and you need facts. Do you think that journalists want truth? Do you think they want facts? No, they want to sell! They are ENTERTAINERS!
Throughout this election, I have heard talk of making history...the first African American, the first woman, the first yadda yadda yadda...who cares? Why should we care whether we elect the first of anything? I liked the way Rudy Giuliani tried to phrase the question we should ask ourselves. The American people have two resumes presented to them, each with the names and political party removed from them. We read the resumes, interview the candidates ad select the best person for the job. It doesn't matter if that person has race, gender, religion, age, or handicap. So many people have fought to eliminate these barriers, these unfounded, unimportant prejudices. We have made great strides in accepting everyone into the American culture. Those journalists that claim history making events are perpetuating inequality. They are accentuating differences. They retreat into their on stereotyping prejudices. Again I ask, "what value do they add?" History-making...a history-making event would be to select a Congressional or Executive candidate based solely on their qualifications and not on the political, do-nothing commentators.
I have heard this Congress called the "do-nothing" Congress. I have heard our President called a "lame duck." But who is making these comments, and what value do these comments add to our society? If you want to know something, go to the source.
Don't get me wrong, media has a purpose in politics. They should keep polititians honest, they should expose truth and facts that politicians often try to blur. But the moment they begin to write commentary, they become entertainers.