Comments on: …So Goes the Nation http://www.filmmuser.com/2007/08/07/so-goes-the-nation/ quick-and-dirty film reviews Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:01:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: ryan http://www.filmmuser.com/2007/08/07/so-goes-the-nation/#comment-469 ryan Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:26:42 +0000 http://www.filmmuser.com/2007/08/07/so-goes-the-nation/#comment-469 I will check this movie out but I really have to take exception to any implication that the 2004 election was won due to an organized Republican campaign and a disorganized democratic party. I am not saying this in any way as a defense of the democratic party and am sure that the movie is accurate in portraying that the republicans may have stuck to message better, encouraged registered voters, etc. U.S. elections between only 2 parties which effectively share the same message are not won by 'campaining to the people'. They are won by corporate fundraising, avoiding discussions of serious issues, encouraging voter apathy, and the list goes on. Like I said haven't seen it and my points may be on a tangent but based on your review I am concerned. I will check this movie out but I really have to take exception to any implication that the 2004 election was won due to an organized Republican campaign and a disorganized democratic party.

I am not saying this in any way as a defense of the democratic party and am sure that the movie is accurate in portraying that the republicans may have stuck to message better, encouraged registered voters, etc.

U.S. elections between only 2 parties which effectively share the same message are not won by ‘campaining to the people’. They are won by corporate fundraising, avoiding discussions of serious issues, encouraging voter apathy, and the list goes on.

Like I said haven’t seen it and my points may be on a tangent but based on your review I am concerned.

]]> By: Hemant Naidu http://www.filmmuser.com/2007/08/07/so-goes-the-nation/#comment-470 Hemant Naidu Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:01:06 +0000 http://www.filmmuser.com/2007/08/07/so-goes-the-nation/#comment-470 The movie doesn't look at the legal problems with the election. It looks at the field campaigns in Ohio by both parties and the different approaches taken by them. The Democrats themselves speak of their disorganization in Ohio and how they didn't have a common goal along party lines, as the Republicans did. The movie doesn’t look at the legal problems with the election. It looks at the field campaigns in Ohio by both parties and the different approaches taken by them. The Democrats themselves speak of their disorganization in Ohio and how they didn’t have a common goal along party lines, as the Republicans did.

]]> By: ryan http://www.filmmuser.com/2007/08/07/so-goes-the-nation/#comment-471 ryan Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:02:02 +0000 http://www.filmmuser.com/2007/08/07/so-goes-the-nation/#comment-471 Understood. I am just trying to say that in the given state of U.S. democracy this has no impact on what you end up with a government. Understood. I am just trying to say that in the given state of U.S. democracy this has no impact on what you end up with a government.

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