Comments on: A couple of things just occurred to me today http://www.logipundit.com/2008/01/a-couple-of-things-just-occurred-to-me-today.html A Bastion of Reason Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:24:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: eric http://www.logipundit.com/2008/01/a-couple-of-things-just-occurred-to-me-today.html#comment-4006 eric Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:47:07 +0000 http://www.logipundit.com/2008/01/a-couple-of-things-just-occurred-to-me-today.html#comment-4006 I agree wholeheartedly on the coverage on MSNBC - but I don't necessarily view it as a negative. It's certainly NOT positive; I'll give you that - but as the news has become entertainment, politics has become a sport. When Hillary makes a comment that "Now the fun starts" because she can go on the attack, you know we've slipped over some kind of edge where politics has become something it was never meant to be here in the USA. You can't blame the media for covering that aspect, since it's certainly the most juicy. One more reason I like Obama and Huck - change the damn discourse! Bring some civility and a positive vision and the people will respond. Is it any wonder that the press are mystified by the rise of these two? I agree wholeheartedly on the coverage on MSNBC - but I don’t necessarily view it as a negative. It’s certainly NOT positive; I’ll give you that - but as the news has become entertainment, politics has become a sport.

When Hillary makes a comment that “Now the fun starts” because she can go on the attack, you know we’ve slipped over some kind of edge where politics has become something it was never meant to be here in the USA. You can’t blame the media for covering that aspect, since it’s certainly the most juicy.

One more reason I like Obama and Huck - change the damn discourse! Bring some civility and a positive vision and the people will respond. Is it any wonder that the press are mystified by the rise of these two?

]]> By: jhuber http://www.logipundit.com/2008/01/a-couple-of-things-just-occurred-to-me-today.html#comment-3983 jhuber Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:33:22 +0000 http://www.logipundit.com/2008/01/a-couple-of-things-just-occurred-to-me-today.html#comment-3983 1) I think part of it is that no one, except maybe Ron Paul and recently Tom Tancredo, is running on any one big issue. When was the last set of primaries where issues got a lot of coverage? I think it was probably 1996 when Steve Forbes ran on the Flat Tax. All the candidates have their issues, but none is central to their campaign. We did hear about Giuliani's differences in issues with the GOP base. But recently we are hearing more about religion, with Romney and Huckabee. On the Dem side, all the front runners have the same issues, just variations on them, so what's to talk about? As far as the emphasis on polls, it's just reflective of our curious and impatient nature to know how things are going to turn out. That's not a criticism, but it is what it is. Too bad the polls haven't been able to shed much light on the future. 2) Huckabee mentions it, but is no more faithful to it then anyone else (except Paul, who talks about the entire Constitution). I think the other GOP candidates have some respect for it, where Giuliani, Thompson, and Romney do talk about the role of the federal gov't being very limited. They just haven't referred to the amendment by name (that I've seen). 3) Because they all have their pluses and they all have their minuses (assuming we are talking about the GOP candidates, who have pluses). Myself, I will be happy enough with any of the frontrunners in the GOP field, but I am enthusiastically a Rudy supporter even though he indeed has minuses. You at least differ from the people you make fun of because though you are undecided, you are also paying close attention. The people you laughed at haven't paid attention. 1) I think part of it is that no one, except maybe Ron Paul and recently Tom Tancredo, is running on any one big issue. When was the last set of primaries where issues got a lot of coverage? I think it was probably 1996 when Steve Forbes ran on the Flat Tax. All the candidates have their issues, but none is central to their campaign. We did hear about Giuliani’s differences in issues with the GOP base. But recently we are hearing more about religion, with Romney and Huckabee. On the Dem side, all the front runners have the same issues, just variations on them, so what’s to talk about?

As far as the emphasis on polls, it’s just reflective of our curious and impatient nature to know how things are going to turn out. That’s not a criticism, but it is what it is. Too bad the polls haven’t been able to shed much light on the future.

2) Huckabee mentions it, but is no more faithful to it then anyone else (except Paul, who talks about the entire Constitution). I think the other GOP candidates have some respect for it, where Giuliani, Thompson, and Romney do talk about the role of the federal gov’t being very limited. They just haven’t referred to the amendment by name (that I’ve seen).

3) Because they all have their pluses and they all have their minuses (assuming we are talking about the GOP candidates, who have pluses). Myself, I will be happy enough with any of the frontrunners in the GOP field, but I am enthusiastically a Rudy supporter even though he indeed has minuses.

You at least differ from the people you make fun of because though you are undecided, you are also paying close attention. The people you laughed at haven’t paid attention.

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