Uhm, have we been watching different political systems? The dems only took control of the house & senate a year or two ago -- and the repubs have been holding that since '92, when they nabbed it under Gingrich. Dem president, Repub congress for six years, followed by Repub president and Repub congress for six years, and I'm not even sure I'd say it's necessarily a Dem-controlled congress now (even given the basic majority numbers) seeing how the Dems have been oh-so-good for the past six years at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
I don't blame any senator for not reforming the entire system, as a senator, but instead acting in his/her state's interest. When I elect a senator and pay my taxes (a tiny share of which does end up in govt official incomes), I expect the senator to actually, y'know, do something for my state -- which means when I look at potential presidents who were senators, I look at their record for their state, and whether their constituency has been pleased/satisfied. (Which actually shows a generally good record for both McCain and Obama.)
Then again, I have a quiet dissatisfaction with senators, governors, and representatives running for national election who remain elected officials in any other capacity. I feel like saying, no, buddy, you're getting a salary to do a job and that job is not "running for x position." Seems to me it's like being paid by one company for the time you spend interviewing at other companies.
Either way, however, the point wasn't whether or not anyone agrees with the advertisement, but the style of the advertisement itself. That I'm growing more and more bored with the really slick, "someone else's voice over", music choice and images shown and faux-headline-clips commercials.
Style wise, I much prefer this: someone saying what they see as 'wrong' (or broken) and what they concretely list as their highest priorities for fixing it, and that being that. It tells me a lot more about what their priorities than any slick-ass hollywood-ized snarky commercial, and I say that regardless of party or political stand.
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Date: 17 Sep 2008 11:14 pm (UTC)I don't blame any senator for not reforming the entire system, as a senator, but instead acting in his/her state's interest. When I elect a senator and pay my taxes (a tiny share of which does end up in govt official incomes), I expect the senator to actually, y'know, do something for my state -- which means when I look at potential presidents who were senators, I look at their record for their state, and whether their constituency has been pleased/satisfied. (Which actually shows a generally good record for both McCain and Obama.)
Then again, I have a quiet dissatisfaction with senators, governors, and representatives running for national election who remain elected officials in any other capacity. I feel like saying, no, buddy, you're getting a salary to do a job and that job is not "running for x position." Seems to me it's like being paid by one company for the time you spend interviewing at other companies.
Either way, however, the point wasn't whether or not anyone agrees with the advertisement, but the style of the advertisement itself. That I'm growing more and more bored with the really slick, "someone else's voice over", music choice and images shown and faux-headline-clips commercials.
Style wise, I much prefer this: someone saying what they see as 'wrong' (or broken) and what they concretely list as their highest priorities for fixing it, and that being that. It tells me a lot more about what their priorities than any slick-ass hollywood-ized snarky commercial, and I say that regardless of party or political stand.