Both Hillary Clinton and George Allen, running for re-election to the US Senate, have been involved in controversies regarding seemingly insensitive and/or bigoted remarks:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/06/elec04.s.mo.farmer.clinton.ap/
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/24/allen.apology.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Every situation is different. And everyone has his or her own biases. I picked one Republican and one Democrat. There are other examples.
My question? What do you think? Are these people just running on autopilot, after speaking in public all day and night, over and over? Are they idiots? Are they bigots? Are we expecting too much of them? Is the media being biased in their coverage? Or do they just want to tear down anyone they can? Or, are they doing their job, as opposed to shielding candidates as was apparently done in the past?
Are all the good candidates too smart to run for office?
2006-08-24
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