Comments on: Election 08: The Common Man and Woman http://themoderatevoice.com/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-147461 DLS Sat, 03 May 2008 20:51:09 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/#comment-147461 Look at the bright side of a dim situation. At least some of them aren't voting.<br><br>I've already been on record numerous times with other examples why the vote ideally should be qualified and even weighted. Look at the bright side of a dim situation. At least some of them aren't voting.

I've already been on record numerous times with other examples why the vote ideally should be qualified and even weighted.

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-147460 JSpencer Sat, 03 May 2008 19:44:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/#comment-147460 "It seems that thinking is going out of style" ~ runasim<br><br>You nailed it friend. “It seems that thinking is going out of style” ~ runasim

You nailed it friend.

]]> By: runasim http://themoderatevoice.com/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-147459 runasim Sat, 03 May 2008 18:23:13 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/#comment-147459 This post, plus Neocon's ''governnment always works' comment really jolted me.<br>I also notice that he people attending book fairs (as per C-Span) are mostly late middle age or elderly, along with some politically obsessed or single issue fanatics .<br><br>It seems that thinking is going out of style, especially analytical thinking. We'd rather be entertained. as we willingly lock ourselves into cages to which a relative handful of the powerful hold the keys.<br><br>I wonder how much this has to do with our frenetic life styles: always scrambling to make a buck, single moms working two jobs. What role does engaging in wars that never touch us personally play? Or is it the complacency. of the too comfortable?<br><br>I compare this to the families I know in Europe and Israel, who order books by the half-dozen and are interested, engaged, and well-informed. But even France, for the first time, is interested in Sarkozy's private life. <br><br>I'm just glad I don't have a crysstal ball. I don't want to see the future,, as I odn't think I'd like what I would see.<br><br><br><br><br> . This post, plus Neocon's ''governnment always works' comment really jolted me.
I also notice that he people attending book fairs (as per C-Span) are mostly late middle age or elderly, along with some politically obsessed or single issue fanatics .

It seems that thinking is going out of style, especially analytical thinking. We'd rather be entertained. as we willingly lock ourselves into cages to which a relative handful of the powerful hold the keys.

I wonder how much this has to do with our frenetic life styles: always scrambling to make a buck, single moms working two jobs. What role does engaging in wars that never touch us personally play? Or is it the complacency. of the too comfortable?

I compare this to the families I know in Europe and Israel, who order books by the half-dozen and are interested, engaged, and well-informed. But even France, for the first time, is interested in Sarkozy's private life.

I'm just glad I don't have a crysstal ball. I don't want to see the future,, as I odn't think I'd like what I would see.

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]]> By: Holly_in_Cincinnati http://themoderatevoice.com/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-147458 Holly_in_Cincinnati Sat, 03 May 2008 15:38:54 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/#comment-147458 Jazz, ugh! Jazz, ugh!

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-147457 JSpencer Sat, 03 May 2008 15:37:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/#comment-147457 Jazz, I'm not surprised by the reactions you received (sorry to say). Those of us who expect a relatively informed and caring level of political discourse spend most of our discussion with others who have a similar interest. Random conversations or polling of the man in the street, or in the bars, etc. are apt to scare up a more representative slice, which (in my experience) is bound to reveal a greater level of ignorance and apathy among the electorate. Unfortunately those voters are exactly the target the MSM aims at in their lowest common denominator approach to covering politics, and they are exactly the kind of fodder the current Whitehouse has expoited all along in order to implement their downwardly status quo "leadership" unimpeded. This continuing phenomenon is why my own hopes for the election of the lesser of the evils this year are being firmly restrained. Jazz, I'm not surprised by the reactions you received (sorry to say). Those of us who expect a relatively informed and caring level of political discourse spend most of our discussion with others who have a similar interest. Random conversations or polling of the man in the street, or in the bars, etc. are apt to scare up a more representative slice, which (in my experience) is bound to reveal a greater level of ignorance and apathy among the electorate. Unfortunately those voters are exactly the target the MSM aims at in their lowest common denominator approach to covering politics, and they are exactly the kind of fodder the current Whitehouse has expoited all along in order to implement their downwardly status quo “leadership” unimpeded. This continuing phenomenon is why my own hopes for the election of the lesser of the evils this year are being firmly restrained.

]]> By: Billiards | Election 08: The Common Man and Woman - The Moderate Voice http://themoderatevoice.com/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-112011 Billiards | Election 08: The Common Man and Woman - The Moderate Voice Sat, 03 May 2008 15:24:00 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/#comment-112011 [...] Election 08: The Common Man and Woman - The Moderate VoiceMy wife and I went out last night to celebrate the birthday of our friend Jon. We met up with him and his fiancee, Stacey, along with our friends Tim and Carl at a local pub. Since [...] [...] Election 08: The Common Man and Woman – The Moderate VoiceMy wife and I went out last night to celebrate the birthday of our friend Jon. We met up with him and his fiancee, Stacey, along with our friends Tim and Carl at a local pub. Since [...]

]]> By: Neocon http://themoderatevoice.com/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-147456 Neocon Sat, 03 May 2008 14:02:00 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/#comment-147456 Your not going to vote for a Muslim are you?<br><br>Folks. I don't know how many times I hear this response when I have a discussion about politics.<br><br>Despite the internet. Despite Blogs Americans are just as ill informed and ill prepared to make sound decisions as they ever were.<br><br>I propose that the reason they are this way is because our government always just works. It always is sound, stable and reliable(you know what I mean). Its there and it works. <br><br>We get up everyday to a safe America, go to work on safe roads, and discuss politics at the waterfountain without worrying about the people we just had that contentious debate dragging us out of our homes at night and beheading us.<br><br>America just works. Therefore Americans just dont have to worry about who is in the White House. They have other more important things to worry about.<br><br>Some might call it Apathy. I call it faith that what was yesterday will be tomorrow. And so the fact that people dont know who Obama's pastor is should be no surprise at all. Your not going to vote for a Muslim are you?

Folks. I don't know how many times I hear this response when I have a discussion about politics.

Despite the internet. Despite Blogs Americans are just as ill informed and ill prepared to make sound decisions as they ever were.

I propose that the reason they are this way is because our government always just works. It always is sound, stable and reliable(you know what I mean). Its there and it works.

We get up everyday to a safe America, go to work on safe roads, and discuss politics at the waterfountain without worrying about the people we just had that contentious debate dragging us out of our homes at night and beheading us.

America just works. Therefore Americans just dont have to worry about who is in the White House. They have other more important things to worry about.

Some might call it Apathy. I call it faith that what was yesterday will be tomorrow. And so the fact that people dont know who Obama's pastor is should be no surprise at all.

]]> By: GreenDreams http://themoderatevoice.com/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-147455 GreenDreams Sat, 03 May 2008 14:01:39 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19345/election-08-the-common-man-and-woman/#comment-147455 I shudder to think how conversation about actual issues would have gone. Still, I guess the skittish fluctuations of the polls shows the sound bites have an impact on enough voters to make a difference. Sadly, it appears that thoughtful consideration of the issues has little chance of competing with the horserace mentality and reporting, negatives, electability, attack ads and guilt by associations. I shudder to think how conversation about actual issues would have gone. Still, I guess the skittish fluctuations of the polls shows the sound bites have an impact on enough voters to make a difference. Sadly, it appears that thoughtful consideration of the issues has little chance of competing with the horserace mentality and reporting, negatives, electability, attack ads and guilt by associations.

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