Quote of the Day

20 Oct 2006 at 6:32 pm

Will

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The idea that there are a set of common values and common ideals that we all believe in as Americans, whether we’re Republican or Democrat or Independents, and that if we focus on what we have in common, rather than what divides us, that we can actually make progress, in — in commonsense, practical terms on some of the challenges that we face in the country, and I think that tone is one that the country seems to be hungry for right now.

Sen. Barack Obama (D), IL

And he won’t know how right he is until America wakes up.

Compare that to the latest with the Ohio Senatorial race between democrat Sherrod Brown and incumbant Republican Mike DeWine.

DeWine is desperate, trailing Brown by some 13% in most polls. In fact, the RNC reportedly has threatened to suspend funding for DeWine’s campaign, deeming it “lost.” DeWine denies this, but it has been widely reported.

The campaign has been filthy-dirty, like a lot of others this year. Consider the Republican television ad against Zack Space: it starts out asking why Zack Space is running such a dirty campaign, then proceeds to sling a bunch of mud and BS in his general direction. You know, I have yet to see an ad for Zack Space. In fact, I never even knew who he was.

Am I the only one who sees this stuff?

And it’s not just the Republicans in the muck; plenty of Democrats are into it as well.

My point is not to point the bony finger at the Republicans; my point is to point it at politicians and the political support organizations in general: they can’t seem to get it through their tiny, little minds that a lot of voters have tired of the constant bashing, mud slinging, and devisive politics we’ve seen over the last couple of decades.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the United States has lost its cooperative spirit, the cooperative spirit that helped form this country in the 1800s.

It’s going to take some work to get it back, too.

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