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Originally Posted by Saltheart
When the auto industry first started going big time advertising on TV , all the different companies had come to the following conclusion. Never say bad things about your competitors cars. Always advertise that having a car , any car was a great thing for everyone but show how your car was the best of all the very good cars. They did this because they knew that saying bad things about other competitors cars would eventually lead to a negative view of cars and driving that in the long run would hurt the industry and cause them all to have less success.
The same applies in politics. There was a time when candidates talked about their rivals with respect. Now its all muck raking and trying their best to destroy the other guys character and respectability. This leads exactly where the car makers knew all this negative stuff would lead. Zero respect by the American people for all candidates. Choosing to vote for the lesser of evils vs the best candidate, a worldwide view of the USA and its leaders as untrustworthy people who live immoral lives and just hope not to get caught.
Its a sad state of affairs in politics now.
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McCain ran a very, very positive campaign in 2008. He didn't win.
I agree with you 100%. And this presidential campaign will be the worst we'll ever see, for a variety of reasons. (1) Obama will have close to a billion dollars (2) Obama can't point to his accomplishments, because he has almost none, his record is pathetic, all he can do is say "the other guy is worse", and (3) Obama has shown us, in 2008, that he has no qualms with mudslinging.
Romney can't let Obama hit him without hitting back. McCain tried to take the high road, and he didn't get any points for that.
I agree with you it's upsetting. This summer is really going to be something.