http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26978473

Here's an article about how "often the most important question is not who won the debate on logic or argument, but who got the greater respect, admiration, trust and comfort from the public.”

Another enlightening excerpt from the article:



What? It provides insight into character? Well, then it brings up this point about the candidates:



So which is it? How can it provide insight into their character, when their "character" has been engineered and marketed to the idiot American public?

The article is right, however it needs more clarification. Instead, it should have said,



We really are stupid.

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"To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today." - Isaac Asimov

Interesting post, Dae. It got me thinking and resulted in that Image vs Policy post I recently made. Image has become the focus, in a world now dominated by images.

In the 17/1800's there were no images to seize upon, for most voters. Policy was the only thing there was to discuss. The candidates for election didn't have the luxury of relying on an image.

Now, politicians policies are shadowed by their image, in importance. Even the policies they do purport, are generally vague and carefully chosen to elicit an emotional response, rather than an intellectual one.

So yeah, thanks for giving my mind something to ponder.

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