Reply #284: Sadly, The American People and the Corporate Media

[David Zephyr]

care far more about scandals and sensational charges than they do about "Lost Jobs, the Economy, Healthcare and Foreign Policy".

I wish that this weren't the case, however, Michael Dukakis, Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter and Al Gore all stuck only to the issues (the very ones you and I are concerned about) and lost.

We lost because sadly the American voters get worked up over Willie Horton ads and "I invented the internet" distortions, than they do about voting their own self-interests. Actually, I should correct that a bit by saying that white working class men who are primarily in the South vote wedge issues more than their own self interests...which drags down all the rest of us with them.

The swiftboat lies, as much as I hate to admit it, hurt Kerry in August.

And if telling the dirty truth about George Bush helps equal out the attention span of these particular voters then so be it.

I don't want to lose this election by just sitting on a high horse and feeling smug about myself.