The recent cvtv interview with Joe Zarelli and Jon Haugen has to be one of the toppers when it comes to negative politicking. Joe Zarelli took the high road and barely acknolodged his opponent focusing his responses to the moderator. While Haugen typically stated a personal attack before each of his answers.
Jon Haugen should show more respect for a state senator, plus he should be more Christian and stop casting stones. The last straw was when Mr. Haugen tried to paint Zarelli as less than Christian by throwing another personal attack at him.
I was very happy with how Senator Joe Zarelli took the high road and refused to engage in the negative politics that his opponent seems to have made the basis of his campaign.
All politicians out there, need to stop wasting our time with slander and negativity and focus on telling us how you will be voting and what you plan to do for us if we decide you should represent us at the capitol. Personal attacks and slander only make the average voter view the slinger of the mud as arrogant and unaware of the issues that really matter. If the candidate was aware of the issue than they would spend more time discussing the matter rather than wasting time slinging mud.
Here is a list of candidates that I feel will do a great job representing us with respect, integrity, and be financially wise with out tax dollars (note: this list will continue to grow as I research more candidates in the area):
Senator Joe Zarelli
Senator Don Benton
Micheline Doan
Joseph James
Debbie Peterson
Tom Langston
