Yes the Truth! - It's important during an Election Campaign.

I read Jeffrey Simpson's column in the Globe and Mail this morning and WOW he's right on target! When will politicians realize that they are dealing with a very knowledgeable population of voters. Don't you think it's time they told the truth from the very beginning, instead of making all the promises they do and then after the election have to break it to us as gently as possible that, "Oh I didn't realize that we couldn't reduce the taxes, or like the last Ontario election "sorry guys we can't afford to pay for your PSA tests, we had no idea how much that would cost, but you don't mind paying the $30 a pop do ya?"

Personally, I would be tempted to vote for a leader who told the truth regardless of what political party they belonged to.

Unfortuantely there doesn't seem to be another Jack Layton standing in the wings. In fact, Jack hasn't been gone that long, and already they have forgotten about the death bed letter the wrote. You know, new rules about how to get along, and oh yes it's really important to really care about what you do, and the people that you serve.

According to Jeffrey Simpson, the various political parties have conducted the research that tells them that "straight talk won't sell". It seems that only after an election can the "straight talk" begin.

Personally, I think the politicians and their backroom people highly underestimate who they are dealing with. October 6th is looming ahead of us. Have you been able to decided between the three parties and their almost identical platforms? Let me know if you have gleamed something I haven't. We'll soon be informed of all the broken promises and all the new taxes!