Decius wrote:
I usually put a lot of effort into voting. There are 30+ seats on the ballot here. I was planning on spending a few hours this weekend looking at all of the candidates for each seat and writing down my choices... I think there is a very very small percentage of the population who actually do this.

I have to say, I'm so fucking sick of the bullshit that is streaming out of the right wing spin machine that I'm thinking of showing up and voting a straight democratic ticket. I know its not really smart. But I've had it.

I want the level of the debate raised.

Dude I meant it when I told Tim there was no way in hell I was voting in the primaries here this time. Literally every candidate (particularly Ford, who Tim is shilling for) involved has demonstrated such a lack of honor with their attack ads, that I wouldn't even want to be seen associating with them as people, let alone have them in a political office in a decision-making capactity.

Dagmar wrote:

Dude I meant it when I told Tim there was no way in hell I was voting in the primaries here this time. Literally every candidate (particularly Ford, who Tim is shilling for) involved has demonstrated such a lack of honor with their attack ads, that I wouldn't even want to be seen associating with them as people, let alone have them in a political office in a decision-making capactity.

It's much more insidious in Alabama -- literally every Republican Party ad is "Foo is too liberal for us. Foo is too liberal for Alabama." And the sad part is that people are actually parroting these lines back to the newspapers!

I discussed this with my father the other day and his observations were identical to mine -- in AL, the Republicans simply starting throwing mud out of the gate.

Political Theatre is no longer limited to Washington DC it seems. This latest round of elections has brought out the worst in our society. I'm praying for rain.