Journal FortKnox's Journal: Politics - The lesser of two evils 14
The only thing I wish for this country to truely change in politics is the removal of smear campaigns. I want candidates to tell us who they are, what the stand for, and the platforms they support. The end.
But now its just 'look what he did!', 'can you believe she did this!', 'look at how undecisive he is!', 'She flipflopped and here is her history on it...'
Smear back and forth... back and forth. So when we vote, we aren't voting for who we support or who stands for what we stand.... we are voting for the lesser of two evils, which is dispicable in my opinion....
But now its just 'look what he did!', 'can you believe she did this!', 'look at how undecisive he is!', 'She flipflopped and here is her history on it...'
Smear back and forth... back and forth. So when we vote, we aren't voting for who we support or who stands for what we stand.... we are voting for the lesser of two evils, which is dispicable in my opinion....
it wouldn't help (Score:2)
"I want to get as far as I possibly can. I want to accumulate influence and power and I will do whatever is expedient in furthering that process. Then I will use that power and influence for personal gain"
the whole thing is wrotten to the core. the smear campaigns are just the symptoms coming to the surface. they are so desperate to 'win' that they quickly lose any inhibitions.
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Time to elect me. I'm an engineer, not a lawyer.
RailGunner for President in 2012! (Cause I won't be the constitutionally mandated 35 years of age until then.)
If elected, I promise to kick ass and chew bubble gum. Only I'm all out of bubble gum.
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And weird? Nah... just aiming for +5, Funny mods. Of course, then the following overrated mods (chicken!) damage my karma...
I heard it wasn't comedy unless it hurt, though.
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Time to ingest more caffeine, apparently.
"Today we're replaced RailGunner's normal allergy medicine with Stupid Pills.
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Sorry, I'm already in the shadow cabinet for the Ethelred-Dragon '08 [slashdot.org] campaign.
On the other hand, you'd definitely be the most metal president EVAR.
The problem (Score:2)
The problem is that the candidates often would rather not emphasize their own credentials or lack thereof. If you are a lackluster candidate or you have a colorful skeleton closet, the campaign degrades into, "Look at him! He's a bigger scumsucker than I am!" It's no longer a matter of "I stand for this and that" anymore - it's all about discrediting your opponent so you don't have to go on record.
It backfired here in our district the last time we had elections to the House of Representatives. Two candida
My solution (Score:2)
- Force everyont to allow the opposing candidate a free rebuttle if you attack them in an ad.
- Only allow a specific picture of ANY candidate to be used in ANY political ad. No pictures of any candidate with devil horns or clubbing baby seals. Feel free to show a picture of yourself hugging starving Ethiopian kids, but that is the only picture you can show throughout the entire campaign. Having that same picture be the one shown on the touchscreen voting
Did you hear this? (Score:2)
He thought everyone would vote for him: the lessor of two weevils.
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The problem with this (Score:2)
They'd just lie. Even if they did tell you the truth, it would just be a list of their campaign donors. Our legislature on a national level, and quite often even at a state level, is just a figure head these days for the $10,000/vote lobbyists who write the real legislation.
Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich (Score:2)
Can you believe this?! (Score:2)