LostAngeles
Penultimate Amazing
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I hearby annoint this post with the blood of Planet X in the hopes that it won't turn into that other thread I started. Y'all are mean to each other sometimes.
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This is a huge race and not just because it's for the Executive Office of the United States. There's a lot of issue baggage coming along with this vote. Iraq, abortion rights, separation of church and state, corporate dealings, taxes, homeland security, etc. Not that these issues don't come along with every major election, but they certainly seem to extremely predominant this year.
Since moving out to the Left Coast, the only political ads I've seen are along the "Vote blah on Question blah" type. This is in stark contrast to MA where I could see ads for elections on the local level at times.
So when I see that both Bush and Kerry have pulled their ads from the state of AZ, I start to wonder. How does it feel to be the voters in that state? Doesn't pulling the ads basically say, "Well, we don't think you're that important."? Doesn't the neglecting of other states say the same thing? "You're not as important as these people over there." Wouldn't that be annoying and make you not want to vote for either shmuck?
Hence, TEH POLL. Whether you're a swing state favorite child or the neglected middle child. How does this make you feel?
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This is a huge race and not just because it's for the Executive Office of the United States. There's a lot of issue baggage coming along with this vote. Iraq, abortion rights, separation of church and state, corporate dealings, taxes, homeland security, etc. Not that these issues don't come along with every major election, but they certainly seem to extremely predominant this year.
Since moving out to the Left Coast, the only political ads I've seen are along the "Vote blah on Question blah" type. This is in stark contrast to MA where I could see ads for elections on the local level at times.
So when I see that both Bush and Kerry have pulled their ads from the state of AZ, I start to wonder. How does it feel to be the voters in that state? Doesn't pulling the ads basically say, "Well, we don't think you're that important."? Doesn't the neglecting of other states say the same thing? "You're not as important as these people over there." Wouldn't that be annoying and make you not want to vote for either shmuck?
Hence, TEH POLL. Whether you're a swing state favorite child or the neglected middle child. How does this make you feel?
