Comments on: Check, Check and Check http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/check-check-and-check-2 Engaging the culture by challenging the status quo Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MIB http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/check-check-and-check-2/comment-page-1#comment-4540 MIB Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:47:55 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2007/06/30/check-check-and-check-2/#comment-4540 I believe most people -- regardless of political orientation -- understand politics as something other than a strictly intellectual exercise. The telegenic candidate with the glib remark or gesture usually resonates with would-be voters much better than those who hold lectures on the fine points of policy. I wouldn't argue with Jackson that voters, again, at every point of the political spectrum, appear dissonant. But, sound bite politics can also backfire on a politician. My point being that histronics (e.g.; 'outrage') on the campaign trail has value as a form of rhetorical shorthand that is kind of necessitated by American-style politics. I believe most people — regardless of political orientation — understand politics as something other than a strictly intellectual exercise. The telegenic candidate with the glib remark or gesture usually resonates with would-be voters much better than those who hold lectures on the fine points of policy.

I wouldn’t argue with Jackson that voters, again, at every point of the political spectrum, appear dissonant. But, sound bite politics can also backfire on a politician. My point being that histronics (e.g.; ‘outrage’) on the campaign trail has value as a form of rhetorical shorthand that is kind of necessitated by American-style politics.

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