Voting Wisely

With the 2010 elections months away, aspiring candidates have started to campaign for themselves in many different ways. Some opt for celebrities to endorse them. They have lengthy commercials with catchy jingles to boot. Some go for subtle advertising about their various accomplishments with common people giving their testimonies of how 'good' they are. And then there are those who rely on using imprinted promotional products to promote themselves. This is done to create a name recall and face recall to would be voters. Items like notebooks, fan, umbrellas caps and promotional tote bags are popular choices.

Some hopefuls with bigger budget for campaign ads go for more television advertisements as early as now. Last month when typhoon Ondoy ravished Luzon with massive flooding, Presidential hopefuls gave away promotional bags with relief goods inside. While its good that they helped some people questioned their motives.

Personally, I don't mind. It's the peoples' prerogative to vote for them anyway in the long run. Sad to say, there are still many voters who are swayed with these politicians give-away (cash and goodies) that they forget to vote wisely. Voting wisely means knowing their candidates platform and assessing their capabilities as a politician and not by how popular they are or who their family are, or which celebrity is endorsing them. Don't you think its about time to wisen up and expect a change in our political scene? This May 2010 I will not be swayed by flowery words or monetary bribe. I will be voting wisely. How about you?