Campaign too negative: 50%, Dull: 35%: The Swamp
 
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Posted April 24, 2008 3:15 PM
The Swamp

by Mark Silva

Slug fest? Walk in the park? Lollapalooza? Snore?

Half of the Ameircans surveyed now say that the presidential campaign underway has grown too negative - and that's a remarkable shift from February, when just 28 percent viewed the contest as too negative.

The unresolved conflict between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - with the intensifying crossfire between them, the "mistated'' story of the Bosnia landings, the "incendiary'' words of the Rev. Wright, the "3 am phone calls'' and the "bitterness'' of the working-class voter - probably have a lot to do with that.

The Washington-based Pew Research Center reports today that "perceptions about the tone of the campaign... have changed dramatically over the past two months.''

And it is the view of Democrats that has changed dramatically. Half of the Democrats surveyed say the campaign has been too negative, more than double the proportion saying so in February (19 percent.

"Democrats are now about as likely as Republicans and independents to say the campaign is too negative,'' Pew says."In February, they were much less likely than Republicans and independents to express this view.''

And get this: "While an increasing percentage of Americans sees the campaign as too negative, more also say it is dull and too long. About a third (35 percent) says the campaign is dull, up from 25 percent in February.''


See the full report from Pew here.

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That won't stop the rabid right. We don't even have a winner in the dem primaries and already the ankle biters on the right are running the Wright comercial. Just wait till they talk to his butcher, baker, candlestick maker......holy moly...you won't see their lips for the foam.


what do the ultra-rich, the "conservative" voters who are afraid of obama's charisma, the "conservative" voters who are afraid of obama's skin color, the radical bigoted anti-male feminists, the clintons, and major radio talk show hosts who love the effect of controversy on their ratings/wallets ALL have in common ???????

ALL of these groups LOVE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING

ALL of these groups LOVE TAKING BIG CORPORATION MONEY TO SELL THEIR INFLUENCE SO THEY CAN GET THEIR CANDIDATE ELECTED

ALL of these groups BELIEVES THE ENDS JUSTIFIES THE MEANS AND THEREFORE FEARMONGERING, LYING, NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING ARE HOW TO WIN ELECTIONS


to a reasonable degree, negative campaigning can be no big deal when addressed to the issues BUT NONE OF THESE GROUPS USE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING TO A REASONABLE DEGREE AND NONE OF THESE GROUPS STICKS TO THE ISSUES - they fan the flames of the fires of "guilt by association" so they and their friends can stay in power - as the repubi-cRats


HILLARY IS LOSING - SHE IS BEHIND - SHE IS TOO FAR BEHIND TO CLOSE THE GAP WITH VOTERS

BUT SHE IS GOING TO END UP WINNING

BECAUSE EVERYONE IS ATTACKING OBAMA AND MCCAIN WITH RIDICULOUS AND IRRELEVANT NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING AND NO ONE IS ATTACKING HILLARY WHO HAS MORE FAULTS THAT ARE LEGITIMATE ISSUES THAN THE OTHER TWO CANDIDATES COMBINED

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, WE HAVE HONEST CANDIDATES WHO KNOW ABOUT THE TOUGH CHOICES OUR COUNTRY FACES WHO ARE ON THE VERGE OF ACHIEVING THE NOMINATION OF THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES

YET INSTEAD, ONE OF THE LYING, INFLUENCE-PEDDLING, PANDERING, FEAR-MONGERING FRIENDS OF SPECIAL INTERESTS AND THE ULTRA-RICH IS GOING TO BE ELECTED

WHY ?

BECAUSE HILLARY IS USING HER CARVILLE/ROVE (ROVILLE) TACTICS AGAINST OBAMA AND MCCAIN

AND BIG GREEDY CORPORATE FAT GUYS LOVE IT BECAUSE HER INFLUENCE IS SO CLEARLY FOR SELL

AND RUSH LIMBAUGH IS USING HIS ROVE/CARVILLE (ROVILLE) TACTICS AGAINST OBAMA AND MCCAIN

AND HIS "CONSTITUENCY" IS LOVING IT BECAUSE AMONG HIS LISTENERS ARE MANY RADICALS AND CLOSETED RACISTS

LIMBAUGH CLAIMS TO BE CONDUCTING "OPERATION CHAOS" TO HELP THE REPUBLICANS --- BUT THAT IS A LIE -- HE HATES MCCAIN

LIMBAUGH WANTS HILLARY ELECTED BECAUSE THEY BOTH REPRESENT THE SAME CORPORATE INTERESTS AND BECAUSE HILLARY WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIS RATINGS WHILE HE PRETENDS NOT TO LIKE HER POLICIES (WHICH OF COURSE, HE LOVES BECAUSE HILLARY WILL CONTINUE TO SELL INFLUENCE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDERS WHO WILL BE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO PUT MONEY IN RUSH'S WALLET)


I DON'T HATE HILLARY

there are some fine people among her supporters (a tad on the deluded/gullible side but otherwise fine)


I DON'T HATE RUSH

there are some fine people among his listeners (a tad on the "bitter" side but otherwise fine)


BUT I DO LOVE MY COUNTRY


THOSE RATIONAL AMONG US WHO SEE THAT OBAMA AND MCCAIN FOR ALL OF THEIR IMPERFECTIONS BOTH OFFER THE GREATEST HOPE OF MAKING THIS ONCE AGAIN A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE INSTEAD OF A GOVERNMENT OF THE RICH AND POWERFUL. WE NEED TO STOP BICKERING WITH EACH OTHER AND GO AFTER THE "WIN AT ALL COST CANDIDATE" - HILLARY CLINTON - HILLARY IS BY FAR THE WORST LIAR AND PANDERER AND FEAR-MONGERER AND NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNER LEFT IN THE RACE !!!


"DISINFRANCHISED FORECLOSED HOMEOWNER VOTERS SPEAK"

WE'RE NOT TIRED, WE'RE BROKE! WE'RE NOT TIRED, WE'RE DISINFRANCHISED.
WE'RE NOT TIRED, WE'RE HUNGRY. WE'RE NOT TIRED, WE ARE STRUGLING.
WE'RE NOT TIRED, WE ARE THE WEARY, THE STRONG, BUT NOW THE DISTRAUGHT!

POLLS DON'T REDUCE GAS PRICES. POLLS DON'T PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. POLLS DON'T VOTE!

THE DISINFRANCHISED, FORECLOSED HOMEOWNER AND THEIR CHILDREN DO!

WE'RE NOT TIRED, WE CAN'T VOTE! WE'RE NOT BORED, WE ARE DISINFRANCHISED AND "BITTER" CLINGING TO THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR OUR LIVES.

THE CAMPAIGN ISN'T NEGATIVE, THE BANKS AND TTHE TREASURY DEPARTMENT ARE!

WE'RE NOT SAD, WE'RE MAD!

WE'RE DISINFRANCHISED AND WE ARE A "NO" VOTE THE "PROVISIONAL VOTE" WHICH IS THE "NO" VOTE AND THE SAD VOTE, AND THE MAD VOTE.

WE ARE THE ELDERLY VOTE, THE HISPANIC VOTE, THE BLACK VOTE, THE FORECLOSED VOTE!

THE "NOT COUNTED VOTE"


THANKS BILLARY!!!!!


An Asian American senior citizen feminist, I deeply appreciate it when American citizens rally around support to appeal to our better angels as a nation. The Clinton dynastic sense of entitlement is against everything we more recent immigrants believe and hold dear. Instead of combating racism in the US, the Clintons have been saying that Obama is not electable because of his race. This implies that as a nation we are doomed to electing whites, no matter how incompetent or morally deficient, like George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton, for President. The Clintons play on racial disiveness to keep Hillary in the race, even when she is obviously not able to win. As the pundits note, Hillay cannot win, but she will not quit. Why? Because she believes she is entitled to the highest office on this planet. We immigrant Americans play by the rules, we work hard for all we get, we do not play race or gender cards, and we stay faithful to our families. Hillary's lies, Bill's sex affairs, Hillary's politics of personal destruction--those are the kinds of tyrannical dirty politics we sought to left behind us when we came to our beloved republic. All American citizens, white, black, Native, Hispanic, Asian American, must unite to help turn the page to a more perfect union.


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