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Friday, August 26, 2016

Presidential campaigns hit new lows

WILL 2016 HAVE THE LOWEST VOTER TURNOUT IN RECENT HISTORY?

BIG ON SEMANTICS AND PERSONALITIES SHORT ON POLICY



Yesterday turned out to be a new low in the 2016 presidential race. On one side Hillary Clinton ran adds depicting Klu Klux Klan members voicing support for Donald Trump. Then gave a speech where she indicated that Trump and his supporters are racists and bigots. Trump responded by calling Hillary a Bigot because her and her party's policies have destroyed the inner cities and not provided real opportunity to inner city minorities. While the democrats and elite republicans have been using that approach against Trump for over a year, it seems like that approach has taken on an added thrust. This probably has to do with Trump explaining to minorities that their unemployment levels have risen and quality of life in many neighborhoods has declined in recent years and they should trust him to improve their future. This has mobilized democrats and their surrogates to up the ante on Trump. Trump and his surrogates have been making inroads into Hillary's poll numbers by emphasizing the problems with the Clinton foundation and the use of her private email server. Hillary and her surrogates have been hammering Trump on his demeanor, tone, and they claim, his unfitness for office. While Trump and Hillary have laid out economic plans, there has been very little actual debate about the plans, other than competing special interest groups claiming their candidates plan is the best. I would bet most people don't know what either has offered. Trump has put his plan on line. Clinton has not, other than some talking points.

The new term Alt Right has been unveiled that seems to include anyone who believes that we should control immigration, should have a policy of how many and who is allowed to immigrate into the country  Review trade policies so they would be more beneficial to American workers, and who believe the United States should be an independent country, rather than just a another part of  some global administrative Bureaucracy. Anyone who believes in these things will now be labeled that they are racist, bigots, xenophobes or whatever label can be placed on them to silence them and minimize their arguments. We will see if this will be effective, it may very well silence many who do not like controversy, but may also motivate them to come out and vote. 

Having now reached a new low in presidential politics, if we are now in the gutter with 75 days to go to the election where will we be by election day. How much lower can things get? I guess we are going to find out. Many people are already turning off, they may very well skip this whole election.

6 comments:

  1. try
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right

    "The term's modern usage, however, is most commonly attributed to white nationalist and self-described "identitarian" Richard B. Spencer, president of the National Policy Institute and founder of Alternative Right"
    "David A. French, writing for National Review, called alt-right proponents "wanna-be fascists" and bemoaned their entry into the national political conversation"
    "In National Review in April, Ian Tuttle wrote, "The Alt-Right has evangelized over the last several months primarily via a racist and antisemitic online presence."

    so it seems the mainstream republicans are pushing the ALT RIGHT meme.
    why do the republicans want to silence their own supporters?
    most likely they want to distance themselves from the bigots and white supremacists.

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  2. As I stated, both campaigns and surrogates have stooped to new lows, by trying to equate certain positions as being racist, bigoted etc, just as "Black Lives Matter" has espoused the killing of police, stating that the police are the enforcers of the capitalist system, I have not seen Clinton or the democrats distance themselves from this group, by your logic they must then espouse the same positions. I do believe positions should be discussed on their merits, not by demonizing the other side. By trying to push the new democratic line to dismiss the proposals of the other side as racist, which has not been unusual when they have no new ideas to remedy long standing problems. You are just perpetuating and verifying what I have tried to state.

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  3. "I do believe positions should be discussed on their merits, not by demonizing the other side."
    well you might want to tell the rnc about that.
    calling Hillary a bigot?
    how is that germane to any long standing problems?
    you also use a rather wide brush when attacking Democrats.
    using your brush McVeigh was a 2nd amendment fanatic so all gun rights supporters are terrorists?
    you might want a thinner brush.
    as to public decorum sorry the republicans seem to enjoy the personal insult over debating the issue.
    trump's entire campaign consists of personal attacks from the primaries to today.
    if anything the Democrats just stand back and let the donald destroy himself.
    some ideas are racist unless trump attacking a judge based on heritage is acceptable.
    the Democrats did not force the donald to say that.
    he did it all by himself.

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  4. The bigotry that is overlooked is the bigotry of low expectations, The democratic policies have destroyed the black family and the inner cities because they really don't believe that blacks have equal talents to succeed, without the help of the state. Conservatives have always believed in equal opportunity that men have talents, and can succeed from their efforts. Dependency and insecurity are back bone of democratic power.

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  5. and even if your idea had merit.
    how does that explain calling Hillary a bigot?
    if the donald claimed policy that would be one thing.
    instead he attacked his opponent personally.
    it was not a mistake or off the cuff remark(which would not excuse him).

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  6. I agree, It is democratic policy that is rooted in bigotry, not the person, that is why I stated, "both campaigns have descended to new lows." I am sure that many are just well meaning, while some know what they have done.

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