Comments on: A One Time Political Bark http://cogdogblog.com/2006/10/22/a-one-time-political-bark/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Fri, 25 May 2012 14:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: todd http://cogdogblog.com/2006/10/22/a-one-time-political-bark/comment-page-1/#comment-11149 todd Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:09:23 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/10/22/a-one-time-political-bark/#comment-11149 In OH there is such backlash against incumbents (Republicans have ruled the state for 12 years (at least)--tons of corruption (Bob Ney, Gov. Taft pleads guilty to ethics violations, cronyism, draining workman's comp in a questionable investment, etc.), wrecked economy, and so forth, the Dem's have it really easy: all they have to do is mention Joe Republican worked with Sally Republican--and we know about her! Unfortunately, as is often the case with Dem's, they don't offer much of an alternative other than, "we're not them." In the gubernatorial race, Strickland (D) is really pretty quiet. All he has to do is keep his mouth shut--don't give people a reason not to like you--there is so much resentment against the ruling party. I've actually been enjoying the political ads here. I'd hope the people that don't follow the news can at least learn something about what the R's have been doing. Oh, and Senator DeWine (R) used doctored footage of 9/11 in an ad he approved. He's been busted like 3 times on incorrect/false ads, all of which he approved. But in general I'm with you; the level of what passes for political discourse is pathetic. In OH there is such backlash against incumbents (Republicans have ruled the state for 12 years (at least)–tons of corruption (Bob Ney, Gov. Taft pleads guilty to ethics violations, cronyism, draining workman’s comp in a questionable investment, etc.), wrecked economy, and so forth, the Dem’s have it really easy: all they have to do is mention Joe Republican worked with Sally Republican–and we know about her! Unfortunately, as is often the case with Dem’s, they don’t offer much of an alternative other than, “we’re not them.” In the gubernatorial race, Strickland (D) is really pretty quiet. All he has to do is keep his mouth shut–don’t give people a reason not to like you–there is so much resentment against the ruling party.

I’ve actually been enjoying the political ads here. I’d hope the people that don’t follow the news can at least learn something about what the R’s have been doing. Oh, and Senator DeWine (R) used doctored footage of 9/11 in an ad he approved. He’s been busted like 3 times on incorrect/false ads, all of which he approved.

But in general I’m with you; the level of what passes for political discourse is pathetic.

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