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Wednesday, 18 October 2006
Signs of the Times
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Around here, I see plenty of political yard signs, billboards and even TV spots (when I bother to watch ads) which completely fail to mention the party affiliation of the candidates. Looking up the names, I discover that this practice is occurring on both the left and the right.

In Florida, I seem to recall party affiliation having been prominently displayed in past election advertising. Was Florida unusual in that respect? Or is Indiana the odd one out? Or is it starting to happen everywhere, a consequence of the plethora of Republican scandals and Democrats' unwillingness to stand up to being painted as the party of virtual treason?


Posted by godfrey (link)
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I don't know about the Democrats, but it's certainly true that Republicans are spending less time mentioning they're Republicans around here. Michael Steele, the R candidate for Senate, spends almost as much time bad-mouthing the Republican party as he does the Dem candidate in his TV ads. He's trying to make himself an independent. He's not, of course.
Posted by Zach on 18 Oct 2006 09:34
There are no independents. John McCain voted to let the administration order torture — John fucking McCain, whom you would think should know better. Arlen Specter made a big deal about that bill destroying habeas corpus, then voted for it anyway. All the "mavericks" and "independents" made their objections and then obediently did what The Leader ordered them to.

Republican Congressmen, and quite a few Democrats, are no longer anything but a rubber stamp for the Administration's attempts to dismantle everything this nation once stood for.

Not to mention the Republican Party no longer stands for the things it once claimed to hold important: limited government (both in size and scope), the rule of law, privacy, fiscal responsibility, ethics, moral values... It hasn't stood for civil rights and civil liberties since it implemented the Southern Strategy, so I guess I can't blame that one on the current crop.
Posted by Godfrey on 18 Oct 2006 10:35
I couldn't agree with you more.

You should check out Andrew Sullivan's new book, if you haven't already.
Posted by Zach on 19 Oct 2006 17:11
It's in my Amazon wish list, along with Olbermann's latest book. I'd have bought them already, but... well, that's a topic for another post.
Posted by Godfrey on 19 Oct 2006 18:23