Is it all just an illusion? The Republican party brings to light so many unethical, immoral, and disturbing lies told on the part of our Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. We've heard about the emails, we've heard about ISIS, we've heard about Hattie. Now we are hearing specific prominent people come forward, such as Bob Creamer, founder of the Democracy Partners, which is a consulting group hired by the DNC along with Scott Foval, who is a national field director at Americans United for Change. Essentially, what we are hearing in this undercover documentary told from their mouths directly, isthe trickle down effect. The DNC hires outside consulting groups like the Democracy Partners, who then hires outside affiliates like Scott Foval with Americans United for Change, who in turn hire specific people sent inside these rallies to stir up particular groups who will ignite others to a volatile state.

It was explained by Scott Foval as being a common and completely controlled occurrence, all on the originating part of the DNC, going as far as to recall many specific examples, such as the 69-year-old woman who was assaulted at a Trump rally by a Trump supporter. This was, in fact, a story that received much headway for days. Scott Foval recants the events, "she was one of our activists... who had been trained up to birddog. So the term birddogging, you put people in the line, at the front, which means they have to get there at 6 o'clock in the morning because they have to get in front of the rally, so that when Trump comes down the rope line they're the ones asking him the questions in front of the reporters, because they're pre-replaced there." Watching this documentary is beyond disturbing. It offers a nauseating effect. As an American, you have to sit there now and think with a new idea, and self-preservingconscience, as to what is really going on. How is so much corruption overlooked in the media, and with no concern within our own political system, which one in term is the bigger of the two evils?

I'm sure there is a flip-side to this argument by the Democratic party; H8owever, the evidence in review, told first-hand by the evildoers themselves, is not in question or being debated, so there is no actual bigger issue for me right now as a voter.

I typically keep my articles on here light-hearted, or sports-related, which is a privilege I have enjoyed. Although, with such serious issues currently in conversations in our country today, I felt the need to offer a more sincere voice this week.

My parents are Republicans, my grandparents Democrats, so I have seen both sides of the coin, and chose for myself many years ago as to where I would stand politically. I am normally very private about my causes, and speak very cautiously of my own personal opinions and viewpoints. So, at the risk of offending not only my Southern readers, but also my very Republican boyfriend, I will be earnest in offering the truth that I am a liberal. I believe that most things are circumstantial and it takes an open mind, and point of view to showcase the best life has to offer in a critical and non-offensive way to any American. Therefore, after saying all that, it is with a heavyheart I must admit that I would rather see a conservative Republican in office like Trump, as opposed to a lying, auspicious, deceiving, liberal Democrat like Hillary. Now consider why that is? Perhaps, I am a weak-minded individual who can be swayed by one documentary. Not! It is because at the end of the day, I, like most Americans, want a just and fair democracy. We learn early on in life and in school that every great idea comes from those with good intentions. The country we have, and the founding fathers it was built upon, offered all Americans the same great freedoms through pure sought-after benevolence. I don't want to be someone who stayed in one line because of many good concepts, no, I'd rather be the one who switched lines because of a really bad one.

Every great college paper always provides a call to action, an idea, or thought that provokes the reader to respond. This week I write this article with that key concept in mind.

So here is my call to action to all of you: look deeper into what we are offered and told by the media. Look for yourselves to see what is and is not. Make an educated decision based on the truth you have sought to implore. Then share that knowledge and truth with everyone around you. Let us, the voters, create our own trickle down effect. Ask yourself this question: "Is it all just an illusion?"

Maybe it is, so let's learn to see through the smoke!

Let's make America great again!