And if grandma had balls she would be grandpa. Please define "significant percent" for us by providing some links to what percentage of voters think this is a key campaign issue for candidates. Please note, it is not relevant how many people think the question should be answered. The key is, how many think it is more important than repealing the health care bill, or proper immigration policy, or reducing spending and taxes and getting out of this recession, or not passing cap and trade, or correct foreign policy, etc. etc. ad nauseium.
There are only so many hours in a day. The number of opportunities to impress the voters are limited. All of those people who think the birther issue is silly are poorly informed, but the case is just too complex to try and change minds on a campaign trail. Anyone who refuses to realize this reality IS a dumb-ass.
I will grant you that it is complex, and I can see that point. But people who aren’t just drinking the media kool-aid can recognize there’s a scam going on, and they can recognize that the courts say it’s nobody’s business whether the laws are kept or not.
We see that openly in the case of Arizona. And we see it more opaquely on the other issues you mentioned. Those who thought we were crazy before the election when we said Obama is a Marxist whose only friends have been terrorist Marxist are not thinking that’s so crazy any more. They see.
Perhaps the easiest images for people to understand are the items you mentioned. And you won’t hear me criticizing anybody for addressing those issues. They do need to be addressed, and those issues resonate with people because they do see the lawlessness involved.
But I think that lawlessness is precisely what people are reacting to, and a politician is better off just calling a spade a spade. All the politician would have to do in response to questions about the BC is to say that the same lawlessness which allowed Obama to illegally assume the presidency allowed him to take over the auto industry, healthcare, etc.... and it all needs to be stopped so that laws and not men rule this land.
Who could argue with that (besides the brain-dead and traitors, I mean)?
Yep. Some impression.
I'll grant campaigning is often limited to stock speeches and sound-bytes. Press releases, campaign position statements on issues can be put on websites pretty cheaply and accessed by most of the voting public, who can, in turn be encouraged to print those statements and pass them on to friends and family. The deeper message can be made readily available, if someone wants to take the time to do it.
That would sure be a better use of time than spewing to people who can't be trusted.
As an aside, part of the whole gig is choosing staffers, and if someone isn't more careful about the company they keep, they won't be effective as every move will be known to the opposition in advance and countered before it happens.