On Sunday, February 2, 2014 4:27:22 PM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/2/2014 3:58 PM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:58:27 -0500, wrote:



Jeb is pretty sane but I doubt he will run.



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Too bad because I think he's very electable. I can certainly

understand any reluctance on his part however, or anyone else's for

that matter. You almost have to be a bit insane to consider exposing

yourself to today's politics by mass media character assassination.

It doesn't bode well for the long term viability of our democracy in

my opinion.





It's amazing to me how much it has deteriorated in a somewhat short

period of time. Thinking back, Nixon vs Kennedy and up to Bush number

1 vs Clinton were reasonably civil and mutually respectful campaigns.

I think it turned south shortly thereafter.



I think the Internet and ability for many to express opinions and the

advent of politically biased cable TV networks have contributed greatly

to the decline of respectful political views and character assassination.

A good article which helps explain where much of that deterioration comes from.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/01/31/for-third-year-in-a-row-fox-news-named-most-trusted-network-n1787328