Over the past few years, we've noticed that while a lot of important decisions have been made in Washington about our country and its future, those decisions have been getting drowned out in the media by Chandra and Kobe and sharks and mad cow and orange alerts.

And that's just not healthy for our Republic.

So, because there's so much at stake for our country in this election year, we've compiled important facts that we think every voting American should know before marking their ballot on November 2.

We urge you to forget the polls. Forget the pundits. Forget the 30-second campaign sound bites. Instead, look at the record.

If you peruse this website, read about what the Bush Administration has been doing on our behalf for the last few years, and you're still happy with where our country is going, that's fine.

If you aren't satisfied, we encourage you to keep seeking out the truth, keep asking the important questions, and keep demanding that our media provide us with the information that's vital to voters' decision-making, and vital to the success of our country.

And if anyone should try to tell you that asking these questions or expressing your fears is unpatriotic or somehow un-American, just remind them of what Teddy Roosevelt said:

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

Get the facts... then vote your conscience.

...Kirsten Selberg
Editor, DoYouKnow.org

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