Credibility

In many cases, what's being said may be right but yet the issue is credibility. How much weight does this person hold in politics?

Now for example, my political mind would be easily outweighed by a writer for a newspaper because he has more experience in politics. A newspaper writer would be outweighed by a a senator or congressman. And the people with the biggest credibility would come from the federal level. I have not covered news reporters/media personnel and loads of writers and actors/actresses/musicians that occasionally share their political mind with us. This is because they have just as much credibility as you do and people only listen to them because of their name recognition in most cases. It sounds good to say that Mel Gibson does not and has not received a good reason to be at war in Iraq, but it doesn't mean a thing to most people cause his opinion won't affect anything.

Credibility runs into a roadblock when people start saying stuff that fall in line with Conservatives and/or Liberals. Those people will be pinned down as being Liberal or Conservative. I don't think one person can think all Liberal or all Conservative. But you can side with the group you like most like the losers or the winners (which is how it is right now).

Now let's say the New York Times publishes an article that should be read. Conservatives can point out the liberal bias and ignore it. Now if FOX News reports something that you should pay attention to, than Democrats can say it's a Conservative network. Conservatives can ignore Hollywood and much of the media because they pin it down as being liberal, when in fact many came out during 2004 to state they were in Hollywood and weren't liberal. But remember, it's only when Hollywood people come together that they have any weight (like with the Tsunami Aid benefit).

The point of this lengthy talk is to convey the idea that it shouldn't be who is saying it but what is being said. I know with the articles I read or the reports I hear that I like to read around. I check a lot of sources before I accept that Bush lied or Kerry lost. Don't bypass the thinking of Barbara Boxer or Rick Santorum without thinking things out. They may be far to the left or far to the right, but if what they say makes sense, it should be kept in mind and not taken lightly.