I Was Taught About The Pitfalls Of Group Think In School.......Was Anyone Else?

It has been just over a week since you could throw those yard signs up for your favorite candidate(s) this fall.

I appreciate and like how people will place a sign for a candidate in their yard that they believe in. It shows everyone who your voting for and who your backing. Its a public stance on an issue that many people keep private. Its a choice that lets the general public "guess" at some of your most core beliefs simply by who your backing. Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice, Big Government vs. Small Government, Guns vs. Less Guns and all the success or failures of the incumbent can be things people "guess" you support or don't simply by whose sign you have on your lawn.

I just have one issue with yard signs and how people use them.

There are a few instances where someone has gone down to the campaign HQ for either party and has opted for the party assortment package. It includes a sign for every candidate your party is backing for that election. I cannot fathom how any one party has the best candidate for every job opening or how someone can think their party has the best candidate for every open office. It simply does not make sense.

It illustrates in my mind that you may not have any knowledge of the candidates but "blanket faith" in the party. Say Quinn is better than Brady since Brady has released no budget plan other than he will fix it the first year in office, does that mean you should vote for Alexi over Kirk since Alexi and Quinn are in the same party? Is it rational to think that way? Is one party always correct?

The fact that the two parties go to war in Washington along party lines distorts what I feel the system was put into place for. A person elected from our district to Congress should do what is best for us locally and what we want, regardless of what their party is doing or not doing. I know many people who vote party lines and don't even worry about who or what these candidates have done or plan to do. Do a little research before you vote.

Keep putting up those yard signs as a statement to endorse the people you support, just make sure you know what they stand for and not just what party they are in.