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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlame
I don't think so. Perhaps in a philosophical sense but I'm of the opinion and one that I think is easily backed up that the HUGE majority of people worry about nothing but putting bread on the table, about how their kids are doing and the next family vacation.
Politicians and policy's and times come and go. I'd put it real low in my list of things to worry about.
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I can see that point - more people are worried about the next mortgage payment than terrorism. And while I believe that day-by-day that is probably the case, fear of terrorism seems to have been a hot-button for the past few years.
It seems that much of the politics south of the border since 9/11 has focused on the Republicans portraying themselves as the only party who can protect the nation and other issues were secondary, almost incidental. Day after day in your household you worry about who is taking Billy to soccer tomorrow, but what are you thinking about when you step into the voting booth?
An interesting thing I've been noticing on US election ads I have seen lately. In some of the attack ads it is saying how candidate so-and-so ran a company that relocated X thousand jobs overseas, and he supported Bush 90% of the time. I know Bush isn't popular, but are opposing campaigns being told that being associated with Bush is a point that can be used to attack? I didn't realize things had progressed that far.