To answer the question 'Why haven't we heard about this?', it's because we have ZERO media without a bias one way or another.
I'd hate to discuss politics here, but I'd be glad to via PM or email. I too don't have a ton of love either candidate, but the prospects one presents scare the living daylights out of me. I am sickened to think about the America my children could theoretically grow up in not really based on these things presented above, but for other reasons -- and that some people would like to see the constitution, our rights/personal freedoms, and everything the country was founded on rewritten or disregarded altogether ... to be honest, I'm terrified about this election. It makes me sick, and I usually pay very little attention to politics.
Sorry to pop on just to reply to this... I'm in the middle of a TON of crap, as well as trying to figure out a potential cruise that would need booked next week, and fighting a GI bug. I'm reading along and have thoughts to reply to later, but wanted to offer Deb (or whomever) conversation with this post. I can't guarantee it would be timely conversation though!
I hope you all are doing well