I was inspired to start this page after watching too much TV and reading too many blogs and articles on the internet recently. There's just too much irrelevant stuff that gets thrown about - frankly stuff that in any other modern democracy would be totally ridiculous to bring it into the public. Americans are a funny bunch of people - looking at the election process would at first give an outsider the impression that somehow Americans are perfectionists at heart and they want to leave nothing to chance - the reason they are attacking every candidate on every front is simply to make sure they get the best possible, near-perfect candidate as their president. And what do they do once someone gets elected? Well, the American president (and their vice president) can get away with pretty much anything, and even get re-elected! But that's a different matter. But someone needs to remind the public and the TV pundits that this campaign (or any campaign) is not about finding that perfect candidate - but to choose from among the best. Looking at all the attacks on Barak Obama (which have just started), it appears that the whole thrust of these attacks is to bring him down from their imagined pedestal that he has been placed on - bring him down to a level where he would look, well, just ordinary.
Advice#1:
So, here's my first installment of advice for the Obama campaign - call the attackers' bluff, and tell them, ok, you want to show he's ordinary? Well, that's fine by us - all we are saying is that he happens to be better than the other candidates. We never said he was perfect. So let's move on to the issues.
Next up, never make the mistake of imagining that your campaign is somehow adequate and that the ideas of your candidate are enough to attract sufficient number of voters to win. Most importantly, never dismiss the ideas (some of them are so great, they are just what America needs right now) of candidates from the other party - especially that of Ron Paul. This is a momentous period in the history of America. So many mistakes have been made, and most people do not even realize that they were mistakes. So, here's my next piece of advice:
Advice#2:
Pay close attention to Ron Paul's message - listen to him with the respect that is due to him - and see how you can fine tune your campaign to also reach out to Ron Paul's supporters. Ron Paul's supporters, in my opinion are a really intelligent bunch who are mad as hell as well!
Watch this space for more advice as and when I get inspired.
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