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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.

The first shots of this election year have been fired. Two weeks ago a deputy prosecutor announced he was running against Prosecutor Steve Tucker in the GOP Primary. On Wednesday Tucker fired that deputy prosecutor, Dave Stevens. KXLY4’s McKay Allen has more.

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They dug themselves a hole here. They say he hate’s America and will apologize at the first sign of attack yet they also think he only cares about being re-elected and is trying to repeal he amendment which would allow him to be president for life!

The GOP are in chaos…all they’ve got us constant whining.

Or again will the new hate crime bill eliminate such abuses of words ?

They can say whatever they want just as long as it’s not slander.

Critics of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the Philippine president, have stepped up claims that she has been cashing in on her position, to add to her growing personal wealth.

But Arroyo says she has been falsely accused, and there is no proof she has been plundering state funds.

The accusations come ahead of May’s presidential elections, in which a former president – once convicted of plunder himself – is running for office.

Al Jazeera’s Marga Ortigas reports. (Feb 17, 2010)

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All reading speeches written by someone else. What ever happened to oratory I wonder what would happen if the leader board broke down. Now that would be funny. The first time a woman stuck for words !!!
Vice president ???He has not even been elected yet. Typical female responce

he is hoping to attract the hillary supporters.

I thought you were not allowed to campaign on election day and only could tell people to get out and vote. I got several calls yesterday from politicians asking me to vote for them. What gives?

Where I come from (Louisiana) it is not legal to campaign within (300 Feet?) from a polling station. But no illegal to campaign elsewhere.