Our take on the 2010 elections includes two major points:
- We are disturbed to see how far politicians will go with their negativeness. The United States has so much going for it, why do we have to concentrate on the negatives? The political nominees should act more like candidates for employment. Let them present their credentials and ideas, and then let the voters decide. If you went into a job interview and only bad mouthed the other candidates, would you expect to get the job? We saw a lot of signs saying, “Had enough? Vote [insert any party name here]!” Nothing positive.
- In the context of the previous federal elections, we see a big swing in voters’ attitudes in only two years. Why? It is easy for the party out of power to bad mouth the party in power. It is always easier to be a critic than a performer. This is a big part of why negativism is a problem. The last two federal elections show that the public is not satisfied with either side. We believe there’s a reason for this: the majority of Americans hold core beliefs which fall between the extreme positions taken by the political parties. (more…)