tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post1708163972467747621..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): 2008 Campaign is Not the Most Negative on Recordpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-75072174434223021242008-10-02T18:53:00.000-04:002008-10-02T18:53:00.000-04:00After the 1890s federal subsidies for partisan new...After the 1890s federal subsidies for partisan newspapers were banned and political journalism became less tainted. Or so says my husband.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-16102749614799530112008-10-02T17:55:00.000-04:002008-10-02T17:55:00.000-04:00Ha, Jim. And anything makes me cringe. Can't bear ...Ha, Jim. And anything makes me cringe. Can't bear to watch the debate tonight but my husband will shame me into it.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31032997735970740902008-10-02T17:41:00.000-04:002008-10-02T17:41:00.000-04:00If anything, the ads are damned polite in comparis...If anything, the ads are damned polite in comparison to years past, partly because, for once, you have two candidates who don't make you wonder if high school diplomas are passed out as arcade prizes. Obama's whole message is about hope and change, and McCain's always had a certain squickishness about his own party's zeal in going negative. (Plus his August ads against Obama were, methinks, a joke. "He's just like Paris Hilton. Hee hee hee.")<BR/><BR/>And Scott Parker is right. Up until just after the Civil War, the tone of political "dialogue" would have made even Ann Coulter cringe. (And nothing makes that vapid harpie cringe.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-58750288587011537192008-10-02T16:21:00.000-04:002008-10-02T16:21:00.000-04:00Oh, the local ads are unbelievable because they're...Oh, the local ads are unbelievable because they're so amateurish.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74504128274029174632008-10-02T16:12:00.000-04:002008-10-02T16:12:00.000-04:00I have to force myself to ignore the ads -- althou...I have to force myself to ignore the ads -- although I have to say that the ads for the state and local elections are far more annoying than the ads for the Presidential candidates. These days I actually mute the TV when any of them come on. It doesn't surprise me that this isn't the worst campaign. It feels like it was pretty civil for about the first...10 minutes? :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32904850347818398532008-10-02T16:08:00.000-04:002008-10-02T16:08:00.000-04:00And let's not forget the fun and joy from the 1796...And let's not forget the fun and joy from the 1796 or 1800 elections where, for example, the sitting VP (Jefferson) was running against the sitting Prez (Adams) and Jefferson was sending articles to partisan newspapers. Or the election of Andrew Jackson (1828) where his enemies called his wife a whore. She died before he took office and never stopped blaming them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com