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Political Rant
Aug. 21st, 2008 07:21 amThis is just a public political rant, in my journal.
This was supposed to be a good year for the Democrats. The Republicans don't have much of the way of a leg to stand on. Bush is very unpopular. McCain would leave us in an unpopular war.
But once again.. once again, just like the last two presidential elections (and probably many others before that, but I only remember the last two), the republicans turn to negative campaigning. McCain can't say anything good about himself, so he campaigns by trying to tear down Obama, calling him a celebrity, making what, I'm sorry, are some pretty stupid twists of the truth about Obama.
And what's worse is that it works.
Right now, as the polls are showing McCain in the lead ONLY because he ran a rather succesful negative ad and not because he's suddenly a much better candidate, I despair.
This is one of the major reasons Kerry lost last year. He allowed the Republicans to brand him, instead of him branding himself. I only hope to god that Obama is NOT going to make the same mistakes Kerry made.
I feel despair because.. in a perfect world, the one I wish DID exist, we elected candidates based on what they stood for, who they were, what they wanted to do with their candidacy.. not because of negative campaigning and such.
*sighs*
Rant over.
This was supposed to be a good year for the Democrats. The Republicans don't have much of the way of a leg to stand on. Bush is very unpopular. McCain would leave us in an unpopular war.
But once again.. once again, just like the last two presidential elections (and probably many others before that, but I only remember the last two), the republicans turn to negative campaigning. McCain can't say anything good about himself, so he campaigns by trying to tear down Obama, calling him a celebrity, making what, I'm sorry, are some pretty stupid twists of the truth about Obama.
And what's worse is that it works.
Right now, as the polls are showing McCain in the lead ONLY because he ran a rather succesful negative ad and not because he's suddenly a much better candidate, I despair.
This is one of the major reasons Kerry lost last year. He allowed the Republicans to brand him, instead of him branding himself. I only hope to god that Obama is NOT going to make the same mistakes Kerry made.
I feel despair because.. in a perfect world, the one I wish DID exist, we elected candidates based on what they stood for, who they were, what they wanted to do with their candidacy.. not because of negative campaigning and such.
*sighs*
Rant over.
