The Democratic Party In Action

Looking at the Democratic Party's website before an election is like walking into a dirty alley. The walls are covered with dirt and obscene statements. With the election only months away, the Democratic Party's website is devoted to the destruction of John McCain and the establishment of Barrack Obama. Now, normally, I'm not political in the slightest, but this election year I don't support any of the major candidates. In fact I fully intend to vote for Mickey Mouse. That's how much faith in politics right now: I feel that a corporate slogan/cartoon character could run the country better than either of these two men. They both try to establish themselves as the saviors of this country but in truth, they are just politicians. No matter what, we can't please everyone. But that hasn't stopped the Democrats from trying.
By simply logging on to the homepage the first thing that caught my eye was a Ad of George Bush getting a hug from John McCain. Ok. I don't know where to begin with this. The slogan of the photo says "John McCain: More of the Same" and goes on to list all the times McCain has agreed with Bush. Ok, I'm surprised. Wasn't McCain a Republican to begin with? And a patriot? Of course he was going to support Bush. Back when Bush became president, he had the Dixie Chicks publicly scorned when they voiced their disapproval with the nation's choice. Sometimes you just have to agree. Especially when you're a member of the party. But I digress. The Democratic Website offers many ads which hope to convince potential voters like myself that Obama is the candidate for me. He wants to do so much to help me, as an individual, that I have to read about all the ways he's going to, if elected. The left side of the website lists a few articles about Obama, while the right side has all these links to information about John McCain
. It seems that the Democrat's website talks more about McCain than Obama. Among all the articles present the most common accusation is that McCain is just more of the same. Bush's third term. By appealing to the nation's dissatisfaction with the Bush Administration and associating it with McCain, the Democrats think they can win. It's their ballgame to lose. Even I'm getting tired of reading Bushisms. There are only two links to information on Obama. The rest are about the problems America caused under Bush and how McCain will continue to spread these problems. The intended audience is clear. Middle class and lower class Americans are all meant to see this website and vote Obama in November. I just don't believe that it was done in the most effective way. Instead of presenting their candidate in a dignified manner, they have instead devoted themselves to the destruction through smear tactics. However, the Republican Website resorts to the same sort of tactics in order to try and convince undecided voters that their candidate is the right one.
By simply listing what is wrong with the other candidate, both parties avoid presenting their candidate properly. Instead of making their pages glorified Facebook profiles listing all of the candidate's political ambitions and what they hope to accomplish as president, the sites are just bulletin boards about what's wrong with the other candidate. Instead of being honest, the two parties are just dancing around the issues and making it seem like the only thing wrong is with the other candidates. Realistically all their doing is playing of the tensions between each other to act like spiders and snatch people up. Obama will win. But will we be happy with that out come? Only time will tell.