Campaign

As the election campaign is over, will candidates remember their promises?

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Hafiz Salman Butt – NA 123 – Last Address of Election Campaign at Shawala Choak Singh Pura Baghban Pura Lahore. Hafiz Salman Butt’s last address with his lovers, voters and fans.

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Dr. David Estwick at Launch of 2008 Election Campaign. dlpbarbados blpbarbados DLP

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I dont beieve there is a maximum as such bet generally, going by tradition there is usually a 5 week campaign between the announcement and the election day, this can vary up to a week though, so be prepared for 4 to 6 weeks of big spending on TV advertising. Just remember it’s your money (taxes) they are using to fund their advertising and there is already millions being spent right now by Howard and co.

Iraqis go to the polls on Sunday and this year several female candidates are daring to appear in public without a veil. It’s a real act of defiance in the face of Iraqi culture which has become more conservative since the fall of Saddam Hussein. A voiced AFPTV report

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Iraqis go to the polls on Sunday and this year several female candidates are daring to appear in public without a veil. It’s a real act of defiance in the face of Iraqi culture which has become more conservative since the fall of Saddam Hussein. A voiced AFPTV report

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Who else thinks this?
It seems 80 percent of what you hear is just mud-slinging and character assassinations. Issues are being drowned in a brouhaha of insults and wild allegations.
Is this a problem with the American systems? All other western democracies I am familiar with are not like this.

Your memory is just short.

There were candidates who won elections by accusing their opponents of "matriculating" their entire four years at college.

One accused his opponent’s sister of being a "thespian".

(For the ignorant in Y/A, "matriculating" means studying at school. A "thespian" is an ACTOR, nothing more, nothing less, but rural voters were horrified)

McCain in South Carolina in 2000: Bush’s "push pollers" calling rural SC voters to ask them if they would vote for McCain if they knew he had fathered a black child out of wedlock and was raising that child as their own. He ADOPTED a black child, it has no genetic connection to either of the McCains, but he lost decisively in SC because of it, after a HUGE primary victory over Bush in NH (sorta like the one the other day there).
http://dir.salon.com/story/politics/feature/2000/11/14/sc_pols/index.html

An undereducated voting public is a scoundrel’s best bet to get into office. It also helps if you constantly engage in the Orwellian (or Neo Con) practice of constantly calling something which is white, "black", and vice versa. It was by this means a deserter during Vietnam is considered a "War President". This is how someone in charge of FEMA can do nothing to help US citizens after a devastating hurricane and still be considered to have done a "heckuva job". This is how an entire political party can refer to itself as "Strong on National Security", yet over 6 years after the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon, Osama bin Laden is still free and at large, and we still have no actual fence along the southern border of this nation (not to mention the seaports and airports aren’t even a KINDA secure- hell Fox News doesn’t even show the "Terrorist Threat Board" on their news broadcasts anymore.

As far as the "mud slinging" and "character assassinations" go, when you cannot assail your opponent on the issues, you have no alternative but to attack them personally, accuse them of the most vile crimes and indiscretions (with no one iota of proof or credible evidence), ANYTHNG to get them off their message and start to have to defend themselves.

The wild allegations are thrown around because people (especially uneducated immature people) feels it is for some reason a "winner take all, all fair in love and politics" kind of attitude. If their ridiculous lies can sway just ONE person to change their vote, then they have accomplished their mission.

Disposal of campaign funds vary from state to state, based on state law; and then the Federal government has a whole different set of laws.

Here in Florida, the following applies:

Local (County) government: Losers may return funds to contributors, donate to eligible 401(c)(3) charities, or pay themselves back. Winners may do the same, but also may create an "office" account where the money can be spent on things for the office that would not normally be provided by taxpayer monies

State candidates: Win, lose, or draw, they may roll the money over into an account for the next time they run for Statewide office.

Federal candidates: Those who lose Presidential bids, if they are sitting senators, congressmen, etc.; can roll the money over into their Senate (et al.) war chest. If you’ve run your campaign effectively, you shouldn’t have a bunch of money left over. You should have spent the lion’s share of it on advertising, media spots, etc. They can also return monies to contributors, pay themselves back for any personal funds used, or contribute to eligible charities.

Peter Hodgekinson, Mark Walker and Clive Jefferson discuss the weekends campaign.

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He appears as though he is trying to teflon-coat himself by implying that anyone who criticizes him is "racist". I think this tactic will backfire on him in a big way.
I thought he would save this angle until after the convention.

Hussein is a typical lying politician who is black which automatically means he will use the race card at every opportunity.