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From: Adam H. Kerman
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:57
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smr <me@shawnritchie.com> wrote: >On 9/17/2011 1:17 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>I was briefly amused, if not stimulated, when McCain announced her as >>his running mate. It shook up the campaign during a period in which the >>presidential race had become dull and complacent. For a few days, she >>really did make things exciting. >Here's part of our problem in a nutshell: people want our presidential >election to be entertainment. So we get entertainers; Obama's handsome >young Hope & Change show, Dubya's "Not too smart to scare ya" faux >cowboy shtick, Clinton's insanely powerful charisma... >And then we wonder why this country sucks shitcock now. >We should go back to the old days where the incumbent didn't even >campaign because it was considered beneath the office. You just voted on >his record. Uh, when George Washington ran? Travel sucked hugely in those days. In the 1800s, parties had their own newspapers. It's how campaigning was done. After railroads, campaigning was done in whistle stops as an example as transportation sucked less. JFK demonstrated the effectiveness of television, and LBJ created the most blatant attack add of all time. Since then, we've been doomed to sound bites. Take off the rose colored glasses, because you are speaking of a time long before your parents were born.
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