We mentioned last week our candidates need to show more statesmanship and decorum, but the situation is far worse than we thought.
The television ads are getting worse and worse, and they are bringing up topics some families are not even ready to talk with their children about yet. Whether it talks about someone threatening to blow their wife’s brains out, or talk about abortions or transgender issues. Many of these issues have almost nothing to do with the office they are attached to. However, the ads push the envelope on hot button issues attempting to get their candidate firmly on the other side to please his or her base.
The commercials just get nastier and nastier, and none of them help the voters make a sound decision.
Voting is a vital civic duty that we all must perform to preserve our democracy and way of life.
We have two major decisions to make on this ballot when it comes to contested races – who is going to lead Georgia for the next four years, and who is going to represent us in Washington in the U.S. Senate for the next six years.
Six years is a long time. Just think back to where we were six years ago, or even three years ago. We do not know what the future will bring, but we know whomever we select next week is going to be in a key position of leadership for a long time.
We need to make the right decision for all Georgians, but how can we decide? We get nothing about who will best serve us and how they will accomplish it.. All we get is anger and negativity.
All that said, we cannot become indifferent. We cannot throw our arms up and say politics is beyond our reach. We still decide who represents us, and we have to make that decision based on real facts and policies.
So if you have not voted, please do so during the early period or on Tuesday. But pick the candidate who you think can represent Georgians the best, rather than who can say the nastiest thing about their opponent.