TOPIC: Election 2006

Question: Why are negative add campaigns so effective?

Johnny Depth takes a deep breath:

It has become common practice in the majority of political campaigns: "Vote for me. My opponent is an evil, immoral prick that wants to hurt you, your future, and your family... Oh, he/she is an idiot too." The political system has been reduced to a he-said she-said celebrity feud. Which is bad but even worse when we encourage this sort of playground behavior by allowing these ridiculous tactics. But why? Why have we let these negative campaigns break us into factions of jealous bickering teenage girls? Forgive my stereotypical insults; it was a cheap laugh. Don't fall victim to my sleazy attack--make an informed decision for yourself.

Is it that--deep down--we trust too much in the system of Checks and Balances to think that any candidate can really make an impact on our lives good or bad? Is that why we vote for the candidate that did the best job of bad mouthing their opponent--regardless of the validity or relevance of their statements? Or what’s worse we vote for people along party lines because we don't want to understand the issues, form opinions, and choose the candidate that best represents our interests. It is my opinion that the majority of the American public has become complacent in its own freedom, or at least it appears that way. If we were truly worried that our lack of participation in democracy could result in a country that controls us, suppresses the weak, ignores the helpless, or panders to the will of special interest, we would take responsibility for our duties as citizens. I find myself thinking that there is some higher power that makes government accountable for their promises and actions, but that is my job and it can't be trusted to anyone else. Sorry, my intensions were to approach this topic with a humorous flare, but I ended up preaching up a god-damn storm.

On a lighter note vote for Wayne.


Tricky Dick picks up the slack:

First of all, there are three things we NEVER discuss: Religion, Politics, and Her. You broke those rules by mentioning all of them at the same time.....because we all know that politics these days is a battle royale of The Jesus-Toting fornicating Right vs. The Agnostic Alternative lifestyle Left....which obviously with their powers combined forms a trifecta of the above mentioned....? Either way, it's a wrestling match of "Let my religious beliefs and stubborn pride get in the way of my logical cognitive process" vs. "Let my ass-kissing 'if they can breath tax them, if they can't, find their children and tax them' beliefs that get in the way of my logical cognitive process". Our system of "checks and balances" has become a system of "checking account balances" and as you mentioned Johnny, whoever holds the big-stick in the funding department holds the airtime for mudslinging. It's ridiculous and I hope it doesn't take a country overthrowing us for us American knuckleheads to figure it out. That's all i'm going to say about that because this blog hasn't been near ridiculous enough lately.....so here we go...

I've decided that I hate when politicians attempt to make jokes and be funny. Bush isn't funny. Well, he is funny just becuase he himself thinks he is one funny "sum bitch"....really he thinks he is the funniest "sum bitch" there is, and that's what makes it funny. Kerry on the other hand is just a jackass. "I've got a good one.....your mother is a whore, he he he"....wHaT? Political suicide at it's finest. So it sounds like i'm saying I don't want my politicians to be jokers and try to be funny....and I really do feel that way....except i'm a total contradiction, because the minute a comedian gets into politics, that fucker is going to get my vote IMMEDIATELY. It's weird, but it's sort of a "if you can't laugh with them, vote against them", because if politics has become such a joke, why not vote for the guy with the BEST jokes?

I'm done.