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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]1316 here

so is this race about deflecting a "bad day" or is it about issues?

if it was suppose to deflect obama's bad performance, its only highlighting the amateur nature of the campaign. they think they can dumb it down to this level to make people forget?

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Are you new to American politics? No election in the US is about the issues. What do you remember about Al Gore? That he invented the Internet (something he never said) or he needed to wear earth tones? The fact that he sighed during the debate? How about John Kerry? What do you remember about his campaign? Swift boating is probably the only thing. Or, maybe jet skiing.

Right now the campaigns are trying to reach a small number of people whose interest in politics is so limited that they can't decide between the two candidates. That group of people could not tell you the difference between a Keynesian and an Austrian if their life depended on it. Trying to reach them on the issues is a lost cause. I can guarantee that they have heard of Big Bird though. I have no idea if they care about Big Birds' funding or not, but they have heard of him.

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im not new to politics and the ad was still dumb

im so not new to politics that im tired of arguing on the premise that if one side did it, that we justify the other side pulling the same stunt.

but for shits and giggles ill run with your argument that somehow they were reaching for the lowest common denominator of voter. the mouth breathing kind who are inclined to be convinced that romney's desire to cut funding to sesame street is going to make that person want to vote obama. even on that single premise, the commercial is dumb.

something can still be stupid as all hell regardless of its desired outcome. im not such a sycophant to obama or to democrats that i make every attempt to justify even the most absurd of all premises.

i notice you tend to do that a lot and thats all fine and dandy. your whole tactic though of speaking down to someone or acting as if you are more read than the next person in response is a tired technique.

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