Every day I cautiously approach my mailbox. No, I'm not worried about the "smiley-face" bomber having left a present for me, I am afraid of the amount of litter I'll find crammed in to my U.S. Postmaster approved recepticle.
Yesterday was par for the course. Three pro-Norm Coleman pieces and the fourth self-congratulating Minnesota State Representative Laura Brod on her accomplishments as she ties herself still closer to U.S. Representative John Kline.
Worse than the daily mailbox barrage is the radio and television ads. I heard the exact same Al Franken ad, the one which Norm Coleman is suing him over, twice in one commercial break today. Is hearing the same ad twice within the span of about three minutes going to change anyone's mind? Will it further infuriate listeners and potential voters?
Television, though, is the worst. Nearly every commercial break is wall-to-wall political ads. Ads put forth by the candidates themselves, their national committees and a host of other organizations with their own bones to pick or agendas to spew. How about some moderation? How about addressing your own stances on issues? Would it be too much to ask that you focus on what you, the candidate, plans on accomplishing should we vote your overspending asses in to office? Can you back off talking about the negatives of your opponent? We know it already. Every candidate has negatives in the eyes of the opposition. If you saw eye to eye, you'd be in the same political party and what fun would the 19-month campaign season be if that were the case?
So here's my plea: shut up. Talk about your plans, ideas and stances. Maybe even admit your weaknesses. You might seem human to the rest of us worker bees. What other suggestions would you include to our nation's politicians?
Sure, there's politics at MinnPics but when the photos are awesome, the words are far fewer in quantity.
10 comments:
Couldn't agree more. You can spin anything someone says or does into a negative message so it's impossible to trust what anybody says about the other guy. You're right... advertising should only be about what the candidates CAN do, not what the opponents CAN'T do.
It's getting really old. 4 more days. I like the idea of limiting the amount of ad space a TV station can air in a 24 hour period. Ha, think that would happen?
Amen. I can't wait until it's all over.
Hear, hear! I get so tired of hearing all the political ads, and getting all the phone calls. Do they really think it works when most Americans find it annoying?
If you think you get a lot of political junk mail- I get both Spanish and English plus mailings from both the nurse's union and meatpacker's union. Ugh.
My solution is to get a smaller mailbox. Try cramming all that crap in there then!
Ha! You think your life is hard? Try living in a non-battleground state! No one loves us in Maryland! Even the small local elections aren't news here. What I would give to be a part of a little "Yes we can" rally... Or to be considered as one of the crazy guy's "My friends"...
Ok... so you want the candidates to talk about their accomplishments and not their opponents. Fine -- good idea. But, then you sink to allowing hypocrasy to win out in your posting because when a candidate does talk about their plan or what they did, you accuse them of sending a "self congratulating piece." It would appear that no one can win in your world!
Soon, all will be over..... not! Campaigning never stops, and costs us too much money!
I was still getting Norm Coleman mailers as of Wednesday which, if my calendar is correct, is one day after the election. Either COleman dropped the ball on his mailing or my mailman is worse than I presumed.
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