There are worse things than Pizza Hut

The Presidential Election is three weeks away. Tonight marks the second debate between President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney. (Personally, I really don't think Obama did that bad in the first debate.) Both camps have stepped up the rhetoric and accusations. The other side will cut your Medicare benefits, dramatically alter Social Security. Medicaid will be under fire. They want to raise your taxes, threaten your livelihood, steal your children and lock up your pets. You will never see them again.

In keeping with the great tradition of Election Years, campaigns for both candidates have been reduced to nothing but mudslinging and back-biting. Rather than convincing you to vote for their candidate, campaigns seem like they would rather scare you so you don't vote for the other.

That's why I thought the Pizza Hut campaign was brilliant. For a brief moment, voters would get a break from the inflammatory speeches blaming the "worthy opponent" for everything that's wrong with the country. Instead, one person gets to inject a little humor into a stale name-calling contest by asking, "Sausage or pepperoni?"

The gimmick quickly caught flak. Pizza Hut was accused of making a mockery of the debate. Others have gone so far as to call it, "hijacking a presidential debate for marketing," according to the Los Angeles Times.

Let me get this straight: There are pundits and commentators who are keeping track of the lies being told in the debates. Candidates go over the time allotted so they can get one more jab at their opponent. One skews the facts and another skews them even further. People all over the nation are complaining because the candidates are out of touch and voters wonder just how much will really get done once the electoral process is over. A company comes up with an idea that is obviously ridiculous and (God forbid) breaks up the monotonous accusations and empty rhetoric and now the process is being ridiculed? If you think so, you obviously haven't been paying attention to what's been happening over the past few months.