2007-03-07 03:18:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Firesidechat, that's exactly what I'm asking.
2007-03-07 03:24:32 · update #1
Because they think we are stupid.
2007-03-07 03:22:39 · answer #1 · answered by lavacake 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They tend to underestimate voters and think we are a tad dense? To be honest, they might have a point because people sure do have a tendency to forget history and let bad things happen again.
I think actually it is to sound like "the common folk". They want to appeal to the "common man" for their votes. They figure formal dress is going to separate them from what they want, your votes. As a result they dress down and attempt to sound like they have "dumbed down" to be more palatable to the people. Many people are intimidated by educated folk so their speech writers keep this in mind.
Look how Bush puts on that fake Texan accent when in reality he is a child of the Atlantic North East area! He takes that accent and wears it when he wants, other times he speaks proper english, so long as the words aren't too big.
These two vids are pretty funny. Check em out:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1342132664644484246
http://www.goyk.com/video.asp?path=939
Barely literate! An IQ of 91 is not much help I suppose.
They put on these accents along with perfectly pressed new denim shirts and the jeans with ironing creases down the front. I can still see Billyboi Clinton wowing the ladies in all blue, definitely selected to emphasize the blue eyes and seemingly innocent white smile.
Billary just did it cos he was hoping to grope a cowgirl! As for HIllary being sillary, she does whatever she can to hope people will vote for her!
I think also that many of these people grow up in the "us" part of society, their only exposure to the "average guy" being on tv or the fella that delivers the water. Their crown of elitism is inbred.
They do think we are all not too bright because humanity has allowed itself to fall under its thrall of deceits and beliefs. Many politicians do consider us all "sheeple". So they dress down for us. The old "let them eat cake" syndrome in a cowboy hat and new denims.
2007-03-07 11:27:20 · answer #2 · answered by Noor al Haqiqa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They think trying to relate to the voters who might not be as educated they are will help their campaign. Also it doesn't work because you can't hide the fact that you got a Masters from Yale and now think you can go into any part of the country and relate to them.
2007-03-07 11:25:36 · answer #3 · answered by sicilian20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people want the President and other elected officials to be "ordinary people" or just like them. There is a tremendous anti-intellectual snobbery in this country that somehow equates being well educated with being elitist. It's almost an "anti-snobbery snobbery".
Bush went to Yale, but he never ever talks about it and many people (at least when they voted for him) equated his bumbling folksiness with authenticity or being a regular guy, while Kerry was perceived (by many) as being sort of a stuffy intellectual.
As for me, I want the President to be smart as hell, hopefully brilliant. Why wouldn't we want that?
2007-03-07 11:29:48 · answer #4 · answered by celticexpress 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bush isnt pretending
2007-03-07 11:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is called pandering. They believe they are coming down to the masses and trying to be part of the group.
2007-03-07 11:23:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would someone think being educated is a fault, or, problem.
2007-03-07 11:22:56 · answer #7 · answered by Firesidechat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋