Stick to the Real News, Please

I am So Very Tired of the invasion of privacy that comes with each presidential election in the modern political climate.

John Edwards had an affair. So? Does it change his political beliefs and political record?

Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant. So? Does that change who she is as a politician?

John McCain thought about leaving the Republican Party. Cindy McCain won't release her tax returns. Barack Obama received 15 parking tickets as a college kid that he didn't pay until 17 years later. Michelle Obama is on the board of a company that sells pickles and pepper to Wal-Mart. So? So? So? So?

I will vote based upon the individual candidate's espoused political stances and track records. Paparrazzi-ish stalking of candidates and sifting through the lives of the candidates and their entire immediate families cross the line in my opinion, and I want no part of it. Is it any wonder that the people best qualified for high political office in our country will not undergo the microscopic screening we call the electoral process?