Wednesday, October 26, 2005
The Plural of Doofus is Doofi
(pronounced doof-EYE)
As we wind down the last two weeks of this election, I'm struck by the lack of attention paid to it. Yes, the candidates have had to deal with other issues, like a slew of hurricanes and a political mess in Washington, but this is truly amazing.
The lack of interest has to be related to the fact that this race has been boiled down to its worst. Practically, the death penalty is not THAT important, nor is abortion, gun rights, or the slew of other ancillary issues that have dominated this campaign.
The most important voters still care about those issues that will affect their homes the most. Economy, education, and transportation. Unfortunately, these issues don't get people elected too often. There's a reason the attack ads are airing so much: they work for the most part. But I've yet to see a concentrated and positive ad campaign on any of these real and urgent issues. In this race, right now, I think that would translate better than the negativity we've seen.
The staffs are concentrating too much on wedge issues, or deflecting the latest salvo from their opponent to draw up anything clear, concise, and important. We've got less than two weeks to go, folks. Now's the time to make your push.
To the political doofi: Show some vision, and you'll have jobs come January.
As we wind down the last two weeks of this election, I'm struck by the lack of attention paid to it. Yes, the candidates have had to deal with other issues, like a slew of hurricanes and a political mess in Washington, but this is truly amazing.
The lack of interest has to be related to the fact that this race has been boiled down to its worst. Practically, the death penalty is not THAT important, nor is abortion, gun rights, or the slew of other ancillary issues that have dominated this campaign.
The most important voters still care about those issues that will affect their homes the most. Economy, education, and transportation. Unfortunately, these issues don't get people elected too often. There's a reason the attack ads are airing so much: they work for the most part. But I've yet to see a concentrated and positive ad campaign on any of these real and urgent issues. In this race, right now, I think that would translate better than the negativity we've seen.
The staffs are concentrating too much on wedge issues, or deflecting the latest salvo from their opponent to draw up anything clear, concise, and important. We've got less than two weeks to go, folks. Now's the time to make your push.
To the political doofi: Show some vision, and you'll have jobs come January.
