Ruthie
Well-Known Member
Forewarning: this is a vent! !
Here in Oklahoma we are scheduled to have primary elections next week. I take my privilege to vote seriously, and spend time learning about the candidates and their views. But there is one turn-off that makes it difficult to give a candidate a fair hearing. That is negative campaign ads.
Now I know issues can get heated. I'm not talking about disagreements over issues. I'm talking about twisting facts to make the other guy look bad. IMO if your stand on the issues isn't sufficient to stand on, you needn't run for office. One race has 2 candidates that both appear to have good views. I had not been able to decide between the 2. Then one started running an ad saying "We got rid of" the other- as if they were throwing out trash. I had already learned that he reached his term limits. So-WHO got rid of him? What a sham! Another race is to finish out the term of a senator who is retiring. One candidate started the negative stuff. The other's reply? He quoted the one he is running to replace about how he will run on the issues and his record, not smearing others. So, your negative ads won my vote for your opponent. Is that what you were after?
Here in Oklahoma we are scheduled to have primary elections next week. I take my privilege to vote seriously, and spend time learning about the candidates and their views. But there is one turn-off that makes it difficult to give a candidate a fair hearing. That is negative campaign ads.
Now I know issues can get heated. I'm not talking about disagreements over issues. I'm talking about twisting facts to make the other guy look bad. IMO if your stand on the issues isn't sufficient to stand on, you needn't run for office. One race has 2 candidates that both appear to have good views. I had not been able to decide between the 2. Then one started running an ad saying "We got rid of" the other- as if they were throwing out trash. I had already learned that he reached his term limits. So-WHO got rid of him? What a sham! Another race is to finish out the term of a senator who is retiring. One candidate started the negative stuff. The other's reply? He quoted the one he is running to replace about how he will run on the issues and his record, not smearing others. So, your negative ads won my vote for your opponent. Is that what you were after?