Comments on: Those Awful Political Ads http://www.clintreilly.com/those-awful-political-ads/ Clint Reilly's Official Website and Weekly Column Online Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: barbara brooks http://www.clintreilly.com/those-awful-political-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-325 barbara brooks Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:43:14 +0000 http://www.clintreilly.com/?p=188#comment-325 Clint, You are totally correct. I agree with you. But what do we do? I just throw away the mailers. I read books, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Economist to try to get the truth. It's very difficult as to who to believe. I feel that as a nation, we need to change. Our children are not getting the education at school nor at home. Are we as a nation going soft?? -BB Clint,

You are totally correct. I agree with you.
But what do we do? I just throw away the mailers.
I read books, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Economist to try to get the truth. It’s very difficult as to who to believe. I feel that as a nation, we need to change. Our children are not getting the education at school nor at home. Are we as a nation going soft?? -BB

]]> By: KT Yeries http://www.clintreilly.com/those-awful-political-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-324 KT Yeries Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:16:49 +0000 http://www.clintreilly.com/?p=188#comment-324 The next question is this: When will someone step up and change the campaign season debate from the shlock that we've become accustomed to? I think you're right because Obama has begun to do that. He doesn't insult people's intelligence when he engages them. I appreciate that. The next question is this: When will someone step up and change the campaign season debate from the shlock that we’ve become accustomed to? I think you’re right because Obama has begun to do that. He doesn’t insult people’s intelligence when he engages them. I appreciate that.

]]> By: Jose Mejia http://www.clintreilly.com/those-awful-political-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Jose Mejia Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:53:03 +0000 http://www.clintreilly.com/?p=188#comment-323 i'm so sick of political mailings that i don't know where they're coming from. its one thing to get something from a candidate that says, 'hey, i'm your guy/woman' but its something else to get something from 'democrats united for freedom' or something with a big eagle on it that tells me everyone to vote for for everything. my auto filter is at 100%!! i’m so sick of political mailings that i don’t know where they’re coming from. its one thing to get something from a candidate that says, ‘hey, i’m your guy/woman’ but its something else to get something from ‘democrats united for freedom’ or something with a big eagle on it that tells me everyone to vote for for everything.

my auto filter is at 100%!!

]]> By: Don Nguyen http://www.clintreilly.com/those-awful-political-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Don Nguyen Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:17:39 +0000 http://www.clintreilly.com/?p=188#comment-321 Political consultants/campaign managers have a fiduciary duty to represent their client to the best of their ability to get the candidate elected. After all, if the candidate isn't elected, they'll never be in a position to carry out their ideas and programs. You can't blame the political consultant and/or smear campaigns because that's part of the process. The political consultant has a job to do. To act in the best interests of their client first and foremost. We wouldn't want this any other way with our Doctors and Attorneys would we? There is most always an opposing side. That side has to figure out what it needs to do in order to win. But when a monopolistic or oligopolistic media fails to compete (or worse, conspires to collude), then democracy has a very problematic threat. We all know the media wields it's power through the very artery of Democracy. That is the free and competing flow of ideas and passionate opinions/debate. There should always be two (or more) sides to a story. And then there's the truth, or at the very least the best choice. Often times, one side of the story bombards and controls the sphere of influence, because it has more money, more distributive and logistical capabilities, more space, "more media" by which to distribute those ideas to the mass marketplace Political consultants/campaign managers have a fiduciary duty to represent their client to the best of their ability to get the candidate elected. After all, if the candidate isn’t elected, they’ll never be in a position to carry out their ideas and programs. You can’t blame the political consultant and/or smear campaigns because that’s part of the process. The political consultant has a job to do. To act in the best interests of their client first and foremost. We wouldn’t want this any other way with our Doctors and Attorneys would we? There is most always an opposing side. That side has to figure out what it needs to do in order to win.

But when a monopolistic or oligopolistic media fails to compete (or worse, conspires to collude), then democracy has a very problematic threat. We all know the media wields it’s power through the very artery of Democracy. That is the free and competing flow of ideas and passionate opinions/debate. There should always be two (or more) sides to a story. And then there’s the truth, or at the very least the best choice. Often times, one side of the story bombards and controls the sphere of influence, because it has more money, more distributive and logistical capabilities, more space, “more media” by which to distribute those ideas to the mass marketplace

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