No, I'm not going to say it is because both candidates are milquetoast, or that I think both are terrible candidates. I say that was all lose -- simply because this has been such a negative campaign from the start. I cannot even stand to watch the news anymore, and I certainly cannot even read this forum. Both sides attack each other with such fierce vitriol that you'd think Americans hate each other. Is it more important that our candidate win, or that we as Americans begin to like each other again?
This election has made *me* as a person more negative, which I thought would be hard to do. I seriously get ill now whenever anyone tries to discuss this election. Everyone has their reasons for voting one way or another, but there is no longer any respect for your personal decision. Voting for Bush? Why you want to kill Iraqi civilians and you are an idiot! Voting for Kerry? Well, you are a dirty communist liberal who wants babies to be aborted. Voting for a third party? You are such an idiot that your right to vote should be stripped from you. Can't we STOP and see what this is doing? I'm very glad this election will be over soon, but it has really made me see that such negative campaigns are not good for this country. Gore vs. Bush was bad enough with the election scandal, but all the stops have been pulled out in this one. Every bag of dirty tricks have been opened. They've pandered to our emotions, our pocketbooks, our morals, our beliefs, and even to the dislike we have of the other candidate. Is this all that necessary? Why can't there be a positive message out there? A message of hope -- a message that this is America, and that we are all in this together? Nope. This has to be one of the most angry and divisive campaigns in history, and that is due to both sides.
This extremely negative election is setting a precedent for all elections to come. A Candidate's family, friends, and employer will be attacked and skewered. It has embattled the whole country, to the point that the general populace hates their neighbor and even members of their own family! This isn't an election to remember -- this is an election to forget. I'm not a partisan individual, so maybe that's why I see such a problem. I know past campaigns and elections have been bitter and negative, but this one has really taken it to a new extreme. With the internet, satellites, and expanding media we have 24/7 coverage of the candidates, their family, and ANYTHING that happens with the campaigns. We also have a constant spotlight on the opposing forces and their supporters. Sickening is the only proper word I can think of. This shouldn't be how we should elect our leader.
This election has made *me* as a person more negative, which I thought would be hard to do. I seriously get ill now whenever anyone tries to discuss this election. Everyone has their reasons for voting one way or another, but there is no longer any respect for your personal decision. Voting for Bush? Why you want to kill Iraqi civilians and you are an idiot! Voting for Kerry? Well, you are a dirty communist liberal who wants babies to be aborted. Voting for a third party? You are such an idiot that your right to vote should be stripped from you. Can't we STOP and see what this is doing? I'm very glad this election will be over soon, but it has really made me see that such negative campaigns are not good for this country. Gore vs. Bush was bad enough with the election scandal, but all the stops have been pulled out in this one. Every bag of dirty tricks have been opened. They've pandered to our emotions, our pocketbooks, our morals, our beliefs, and even to the dislike we have of the other candidate. Is this all that necessary? Why can't there be a positive message out there? A message of hope -- a message that this is America, and that we are all in this together? Nope. This has to be one of the most angry and divisive campaigns in history, and that is due to both sides.
This extremely negative election is setting a precedent for all elections to come. A Candidate's family, friends, and employer will be attacked and skewered. It has embattled the whole country, to the point that the general populace hates their neighbor and even members of their own family! This isn't an election to remember -- this is an election to forget. I'm not a partisan individual, so maybe that's why I see such a problem. I know past campaigns and elections have been bitter and negative, but this one has really taken it to a new extreme. With the internet, satellites, and expanding media we have 24/7 coverage of the candidates, their family, and ANYTHING that happens with the campaigns. We also have a constant spotlight on the opposing forces and their supporters. Sickening is the only proper word I can think of. This shouldn't be how we should elect our leader.
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