OT-Politicians out for blood here in AZ - Happening to you?

[MrTea]

It seems like this is the dirtiest election I can remember. What is going on!? Every single ad on the TV and Radio is a mudslinging fest. It's driving me CRAZY!

The last few days the Democrats have been calling and calling, they even sent one of their thugs to my home. On Sunday, no less! Grrr! I guess they are trying to sweep the independent vote. This has never happened before. I mean, sometimes I get those pre-recorded messages, but I've never been harassed like this.

I was almost ready to vote for their senate candidate, but after all the harassment this weekend, they can forget it!

Is this happening to anyone else?

P.S. I do not intend for this to be a partisan political debate. I just want to know if anyone else is being harassed by whatever political party; be it Dem, Rep or otherwise. I respect your political views no matter what they are.

[Stiney]

You should see the mud-slinging for the mayoral election in my town of 5,000 people.

I'm sad that they've lost your vote. Maybe they can't keep their campaigns clean, but I think we should still vote on the issues.

[brendajos]

ummm... I appreciate that you don't want this to be a partisan debate but calling the Dems thugs and saying that they are out for blood certainly did send me into protective mode.....just saying...


As it is, I do find the mudslinging irritating but honestly, the only way it will stop is when voters stop responding to it.

[MrTea]

ummm... I appreciate that you don't want this to be a partisan debate but calling the Dems thugs and saying that they are out for blood certainly did send me into protective mode.....just saying...

Well, none of the other parties are sending people to my home to intimidate me. Or repeatedly calling on the phone after I ask them to please stop.

I would be just as upset if the Republicans did the same.

Don't worry I'm not voting for those thugs either. I generally always vote 3rd party.

I am not calling Democrats thugs, I'm calling the person that came to my home to intimidate me a thug.

I feel all people are created equal and do not judge anyone purely by their political views.

Maybe I should change the title of this topic. I really don't want to upset anyone, but I wanted to express how upset I am over this.

[brendajos]

did you try calling the state party office to express your complaint? I would LIKE to believe that none of the state offices would actually want to be represented that way. The phone calls are one thing (annoying yes but the nature of the beast i am afraid) but sending someone out to intimidate people is something completely different.


One thing that I would like people to remember about third party votes....They usually help the person you would NOT have wanted to help.

People voting for Perot probably wouldn't have voted for Clinton and people voting for Nader probably wouldn't have voted for GWB.....but effectively they did since they took away votes that PROBABLY would have gone for the other candidate if they had no third choice.

Sadly the three party system doesn't work in this country right now...probably won't until we get rid of the electoral college...but WOW will election night be long if that ever happens! Holy Mother of all recounts! they will will be recounting every precinct i think if that ever happens!

[MrTea]

I vote for community leaders not career politicians. I've heard that song and dance a million times before. I still vote for the person I feel is most willing to actually represent the people of my community.

Once again I do not want this to be a political debate. I just want to know if this is an Arizona thing, or whether independents in other states are also being harassed.

Like I mentioned before, I've always received the pre-recorded messages in the past. But this is taking it to a whole new level that I have never experienced before.

[Stiney]

Sorry you're being harassed.

I'm registered Dem (I wanted to vote in the primaries. Which is kinda stupid, because by the time NJ has its primaries, the presidential candidate has already been selected), so I don't know if they're doing the same in NJ.

GYAH, eta to fix your.

[dustinac]

In OH they have the mud slinging ads.. I wish they (other than Pryce she does) would just state what they are for and what they will do and not bash the other.. I thought thats what ads were suppose to be used for.. so you figure out who stands where.. alot of the ads here were banned to racey but mom gets news on the border of OH and WV and she has seen them.. she says they are just awful and wishes their station would pull them too

No one to my house but the phone calls are annoying.. get a bunch every day and always a recording... they also show up private name and # so I think maybe so and so with unlisted #... I will be glad when I can watch tv without the ads and my phone goes back to ringing once or at most twice a day

eta: that Pryce does have some mudslinging ads as well but she is about the only I've seen state what she is for... all I've seen from the others is mud slinging...

[sittenknitten]

I'm in Colorado: I don't know if it's because we're on the no-call list or if we're just lucky, but the only telephone calls I've received have been the reminders to vote. They're actually fun, since I get to tell them I've already voted (we always do absentee/vote by mail.) We have satellite t.v. and no local stations are available (much too small of a market) so we get the east coast and the west coast feeds. Sheesh, the mudslinging is really terrible on the L.A. and New York stations. I'll be glad when the election is over, the news is bad enough.

[MrTea]

Sorry you're being harassed.

Thanks for the hug and the empathy, cawthraven.