David Re..It is intuitively obvious to an idiot that this legislation of last week is contrary to good public policy. <<<<<<
I think it is intuitively obvious to every idiot that negative campaigning is bad for all politicians and the political process. This constant smear, smear, smear is bad for the process, because the adds do not tell us who we are voting for or why, They take a vote out of its context, lie about reasons for a vote, and never give the reasons why a vote may have been a necessary vote. There are laws in this country regarding false advertising. Namely you can't mention another companies product, unless you can prove the accuracy of the tests and publish the results accurately. The same should be true of these negative adds. The date of the vote, the context of the vote, the pro and cons of the vote, should be told so that the people can honestly say if the vote was correct or not. The law bans negative adds 60 days before the election , because the target of the adds needs time to respond. I don't allow my salesmen to intentionally speak negatively about any of my competition, because that is bad for business. The political profession should take the same tack, and follow Reagon's rule and never speak ill of a fellow politician. We have an open press, which can ferret out the bad representatives. Politicians shouldn't be turning upon each other. Both they and the profession look bad. |
