Monday, January 2, 2012
Caucus Captains Told What To Say
The Republican candidates are using their supporters to deliver heartfelt and personal speeches about they are voting for. However, the only original thing about these speeches are the names that the caucus captains put for "(insert name here)." They seem harmless to me but it feels a little impersonal and dirty at the same time. Are these prewritten speeches cheating or just another part of the campaign?
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Interesting. but I like "Clever" better. These scripts certainly show a good outline of these candidates views, and definitely throw in some essential power words. I side with Gio this might be a bit #dirty?. What if the candidate actually organized this little scripture and had one of their supporters say This is my Mona Lisa. But really, yeah I don't see much harm being done here. You do what you gotta do to win, and should this method be effective by all means use it.
ReplyDeleteThey're just another part of the campaign. A lot of things politicians do is a formality. "It doesn't matter what you say, it only matters that they you're saying things that people care about" - Michael Scott. If candidates want to use this strategy let them, it's up to the voters to see things that are #BS and things that are sincere.
ReplyDeleteThis is basically just a way for the candidates to control what is going to be said about them. Sure, it may be more heartfelt and meaningful for the caucus captains to give personalized speeches and such, but there is always going to be that risk of a spit up. Seems like a big risk to play so late in the campaign...
ReplyDeleteIf this strategy shows to be effective, then candidates should go right ahead and use it. Yeah, it would be more personal and definitely more honest if the caucus captains actually spoke for themselves, but a candidates gotta do what a candidates gotta do.
ReplyDeleteI'm not use this is so bad, because you don't want someone priding the word about you who has no idea what to tell people. If I were running and I had to campaign for a caucus, I would more than likely also try to set ground rules for what the person should talk about to try and get voters to vote for me because it would be my election to win, not the caucusers. I would although probably give them time to speak from their experiences of following the campaign, but overall, I believe that they should be able to control what people campaigning for them say because it isn't those people's campaign.
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ReplyDeleteIf this strategy helps you in the long run and makes a difference than I don’t see the harm in using it. However, you would just have to be a little more cautious of what you say and how you say it if you’re going to be most honest. I could definitely see something like this coming back around and biting you in the rear. But it’s their decision.
ReplyDeleteI wouldnt say that this is "harmful". However, it is risky, considering that it might cause slips of the tongue in certain areas. It makes the message sometimes insincere, but from watching all their speeches, he delivery (as we learned in class) has been amazingly different. For example, Romney's usually appear as dry, as opposed to Santorum's who appeared to fire up everyone in attendance. "Game on"
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of deranged, self-loathing soul would submit themselves to such overt puppetry? This just makes me feel sick, but as far as importance is concerned, I don't think it makes much difference. Political speeches are completely artificial and insincere already, and I don't think anybody hearing these speeches honestly thinks that the people giving them actually wrote them. They probably categorize and summarize the candidate's policies better than an amateur could have anyway. And since all the candidates are using these speeches the same way they do ad space, the manipulative properties of each speech largely cancel out. It really is a shame that somebody who genuinely and fervently supports a candidate enough to speak at a caucus on their behalf does not have enough self respect to speak with their own words and refuse to be subjugated by the very person that they're supporting, but this is more of a problem with people and society than it is with politics.
ReplyDeleteWow! I like Jake's point here. But I think we should remember, there are caucus sites all across the state. No one is going to "check" to see if the caucus captains use the pre-written speech. I'm sure that many do not, probably for the reasons Jake has so eloquently (!) remarked on here.
Deleteehh... I think this is fine honestly, from what I've read in the article it seems to be an effective way to to watch what their saying and also appeal to the viewer. As Liam, you do what you gotta do to win and thats the bottom line here.
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