Indeed, today is yet another day of verbal diarrhea for the world of politics. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich both had several events today scattered around the State of Florida.
Each and every event, they took shots at each other. Until the very last event. Magically, Mitt started out being nice, and got through his entire little speech without being a dick to Newt once.
It gets stranger. Newt then returned the favor, and got through HIS last campaign speech of the day with no digs on Mitt. What in all seven hells is going on here? Can it be that not one, but TWO politicians managed to have their Fiber One today, and get in a better mood?
As much as I hate to say it, there is a valid reason why there is so much smack talking and slander in politics, especially at the Federal level. It works. Plain and simple. If you try to be the good guy, you won’t win, and nobody will remember you. You need to take a jab occasionally. Frequently is even better. The more jabs, and the meaner they are, the more likely it will be covered by the news, and spread all over the place. That, combined with the sheer audacity of what you said or did, will make it stick in the minds of “the people” (those morons that watch too much television and can’t be bothered to learn anything useful about politics), which then makes it more likely they’ll vote for you (hell, if you’re the only name they recognize on the ballot, you’ll get their vote).
Dirty politics is obnoxious, and it really ticks me off. It is not going anywhere. Until the voters stop being simpletons and figuring who they’ll vote for based on the network news shows, things are not likely to change, because he who slaps hardest and most frequently gets the most face time on television, and will be recognized by the voters when election time comes.
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