Cameron Diaz is an idiot...

I saw Cameron Diaz on Oprah the other day. She was encouraging women to register to vote. Her reasoning: "If you want rape to be legal, don't vote." Oprah gave her this look like "What on Earth are you talking about?" For once, I agree with Oprah.

You know, I would say that I'm a liberal, and while I try to keep politics out of the blog, this was just too irritating. Now I'm all about getting people to register to vote. That's fine and dandy, but these scare tactics are ridiculous. I like to blame the Republicans for cultivating this culture of fear, but maybe I should place the blame on both parties, because it doesn't just stop with Cameron Diaz.

Puff Daddy's Vote or Die campaign is good for the most part. The slogan "Vote or Die" is a little much if taken in a literal sense but I think he meant it more in a figurative sense. I'll let that one slide. But the ads that say there could be a draft are over the line. There isn't going to be a draft! Bush-y hates the draft. As Bush says in Stepner's daydream: "Duh, I'm against the draft! I dodged it back in '64". And Kerry is clearly no where near instating a draft. It's terrible when Puff Daddy starts to use his celebrity and influence to make up lies to scare people into voting.

The same goes for Michael Moore. Fahrenheit 9/11 had some compelling bits, but so much of it was a sensationalist appeal and taken out of context that I have to discredit almost the entire thing: I don't know what he embellished and what was the documentary-like truth. He was trying to point out the culture of fear that he believes that Bush helped create. But to do this, he used fear himself.

The thing is, to me, none of this is necessary. The way that Bush has handled his presidency is bad. And that truth could stand on its own, without embellishment and could convince a lot of voters that we need someone else in office. Perhaps not as many as could be convinced through scare tactics. But then at least liberals would have solid credibility and could win over long-term voters.