Political Talks Takes Another Hit

TAMPA, FL-Political dialog has taken another hit in the media. One of the things you would like to get out of your political candidates is truthful answers that at least give you a chance to get to know what the candidates are like on the inside. You would think that with over 50 debates concluded during the primary process (between Republicans and Democrats alike) that we would have a pretty good idea of who the candidates are. But here we are in July and there are still unanswered questions about both candidates.

If that were not bad enough, in this internet and technological age in which we live, the candidates have to be weary of EVERY comment that they make on the video record because everyone from the mainstream media to an 7th grade videophile can take that video off of Youtube, slice it and dice it to make it say anything one might want to promote.

Case in point was the interview that Barak Obama did with Katie Couric during his recent trip to the Middle East. In that exchange, Couric asked Obama a couple of times about the military troop surge and how it did have an effect to help quell the violence and ethnic strife in Iraq. I believe the reason Obama could not admit that the surge was successful was because as soon as he were to say that, it would pop up in a McCain ad against him.

John McCain had a photo moment riding in a golf cart with Bush #41 and I'm sure that image will pop up in an Obama or 529 Organization ad tying McCain to the Bush Dynasty even though taking such a ride has nothing to do with the type of policies that McCain might implement.

The problem with such great advances in technology is that it makes the candidates less likely to say something meaningful. EVERYTHING is carefully crafted, rehearsed and presented and that is a sad thing for our democracy.

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