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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
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.
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Only natural I would think for people who wish government was as involved in their lives as little as possible that they do handle the few things you would like to see them responsible for like war.
Does putting in some liberal thinking bozo who says "Hey let's go talk to Osama -- I'm sure he will listen to reason -- make sense? Or does it even matter -- Heck Clinton was trying to blow him up as well. All just a game --whoever does the best paint/smear job wins!!!