Politicians have been slinging mud at one another for centuries. We have all seen it and now it seems like every other political campaign ad on television is aimed at bashing a candidates opponent; many of which are ruthless in character. In South Carolina, Elizabeth Dole claimed that her opponent was an honorary guest at a meeting held by the “Godless Americans Pact” and accepted money from this organization. However, this was not the case. The actual meeting being referred to had nothing to do with Atheism and was even attended by Senator John Kerry.
The methods of “mudslinging” by modern would be politicians have become amusing and in one specific case, hysterical! The video below is an actual commercial by Dale Peterson who is running for Alabama Agriculture Commissioner. This commercial is real, no bull! On the other hand, the link below (embedding was disabled) is a parody playing on Peterson’s personality and “charisma”. This Danny McBride look-a-like is hilarious!! Remember, the link you HAVE to check out is below the video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDwNrp1-B-Q
I just hate it that politicians spend lots of their time on television bashing each other, but little time on the policies and issues that are important to the voting population. If they'd spend more time talking about themselves and what they have to offer to the people instead of mudslinging, they may just earn the voters' respect and interest. When both sides bash each other, voters are forced to pick 'the lesser of two evils', or just go straight-ticket, instead of voting with purpose. Don't you just love politics?
ReplyDeleteResponse to the question...uh.... F(*& no!! Because he would probably shoot it. We will always have the lesser of two evils in politics. The name of the voting game is to try and see which one isn't crazy enough or is at least in favor of policies that directly or indirectly benefit me. These guys aren't an end to a problem, but a means to which we get to the solution. (Not the guys above, but generally.)
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