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Originally Posted by twinklesweep
In recent weeks I have learned so much about the frontrunners in the primary coming up shortly that no matter who wins, I would be so apprehensive to vote for whoever secures the nomination and is on the ticket in November.
Am I expected to forget everything I've found out about all the candidates once one is selected? I don't think I can do that. How do others feel about this?
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Yours is demonstrative of the real problem resulting from the Supreme Court decision that anyone can spend any amount of money to finance a political campaign. It's the right of free speech under the Constitution, they said. Oh, I suppose I should add that negative campaigning has been proven to work and has become the modus operendi of almost all political campaigns at any level.
By the time the two candidates for POTUS cut and slash each other with attack ads between now and November, not only will people stop listening to them, but they'll hate and distrust whichever of the candidates actually succeeds in getting elected. He'll have little chance of effectively leading the country in the direction it needs to go.