DISTRACTIONS DISTORTIONS DECEPTIONS and Outright LIES

As Far Back As Middle School I Developed A Passion For Understanding What Motivated People To Take The Political Positions They Were Taking. I Wondered Why Most People Couldnt See Clear Things Clearly And Why They Had To Be Told What Politicians Thought And Felt. Couldnt They See That For Themselves? I Also Wondered Why Some People Seemed To Wait Until Things Happened Or Unfolded Before They Began Telling Everybody Why They Were Better Than The Other Guy At Solving The Problem. I Guess It Wasnt Until My Sophomore Year In High School That I Began Reading More In-Depth American History Especially American Political History.. I Became Interested In The Second Adlai Stevensondwight Eisenhower Presidential Race. I Didnt Know Anything About Politics Or Economics. All I Knew Was That We Didnt Have Very Much And Some Other People Had Lots Lots More. I Thought Stevenson Was On The Side Of Those That Didnt Have Very Much So Obviously I Wanted Him To Win. Little Did I Know That He Was Running Against A Republican War Hero And That Republicans Were Trying To Paint The Democratic Party As Sellouts Because Of Their 1948 And 1952 Platforms On Racial Desegregation. I Had No Idea That Everything Said In A Presidential Campaign Didnt Have To Be The Truth. I Didnt Think These Grown Men Would Lie Just To Win A Job. Of Course I Had Lots Of Growing Up To Do. So From That Point Forward I Committed Myself To The Pursuit Of Truth In Politics. I Found That Uncovering The Truth About The American Political Process In The Twenty-First Century Was Far More Than Just A Notion And Theres Still Lots Left To Do.