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The State of American Elections
I don't know about the rest of you, but it seems to me like this presidential race is going to be one of the dirtiest we have seen in a long time, maybe ever. The amount of bantering and name calling already going on between the Kerry and Bush campaigns is appalling. It feels like every time I turn on the news or read it online there is a new story of how the two have sunk even lower in order to steal votes from each other. I have to believe that there is something noble and just behind politics and politicians, but I cannot find a shred of this decency. I know it is perhaps overly ideological and maybe even naive, but why can't two politicians use their own beliefs and ideas as a platform to run for office, rather than using the destruction of their opponent as a vehicle for election.
Does anyone else feel this way, or am I blowing things out of proportion?
And to let you know the latest event that sent me off on this tirade, read HERE. It's like listening to two children fight on the playground.
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