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Originally Posted by Subby
I think the Republicans are coming dangerously close to becoming the whining victims that they so often seemed to accuse the Clinton campaign of being. Every perceived slight now is quickly turned around as an outrage.
Enough with the cries of sexism and ageism and all of the politically correct horseshit that the GOP seems to revile.
Issues, people!
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SNL did a pretty funny skit, either around '00 and '04, highlighting why "the issues" are so overrated in an presidential election.
There was an undecided voter who couldn't figure out who to vote for, so he stated what was important to him, which was basically the democratic party platform. He said he had no clue who to vote for. It was a town hall debate skit, Gore (I think) said, "well, it sounds like you agree with me", and Bush concurred that the questioner should vote for Gore.
Don't we know the issues at this point? The country is so divided upon party lines.
Execution of issues might be another story - discussion about how the candidates will bring about their visions, and how successful they might be at doing so. That's the only "issue" left - how well will these guys actually do at the job?
Obama still gets shit about people "not knowing where he stands", but I don't think that's really true. We all know where he stands. We don't know if he can what he promies. It's like there's no way to really know. So people will vote for the person who doesn't piss them off.