Terry J. Allen
The
kampeni inali mphindi yochitidwa ndi maloboti; nthawi yachisankho ndi a
bachanal. Ndi mpumulo bwanji. Ndi zoipa kwambiri kuti mmodzi wa amuna wamba awa ayenera kutero
kupambana. Koma nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti wopambanayo adziwidwa ndi ambiri
chiwerengero cha anthu ngati apathengo. Ndipo izi siziri momwe ziyenera kukhalira, komanso momwe zimakhalira
zikanakhala, ngakhale popanda vuto pambuyo pa chisankho.
Chitsamba
ndipo ma kampeni a Gore anali odzaza ndi phokoso komanso kusowa ukali, zomwe sizikutanthauza kanthu koma
kuyang'ana gulu pandering ndi mphamvu ya ndalama; ndondomeko imene iwo anali
osankhidwa analibe chochita pang'ono ndi "chifuniro cha anthu"; ndi
nsanja zomwe amathamangirapo zinali zowerengeka komanso zopanga ngati pulasitiki
topiary.
The
dongosolo lakhala likukhudzidwa ndi ndalama zazikulu zomwe zimathandizira ndi choreographs
chiwonetsero cha zisankho. Komabe, nthawi ino, ndondomekoyi inasokonekera pa a
mphindi yofunika. Mwadzidzidzi mamiliyoni kunyumba, ndi kunja komwe America yakwapulidwa
dongosolo lake monga chitsanzo chopanda chilema, kuona kuti njira "wamkulu wa dziko
demokalase" imasankha atsogoleri ndi demokalase pang'ono kuposa ndewu ya agalu.
ndi
mphamvu zonse za rubbernecking za mulu wa magalimoto 10, "Nkhondo ya
White House, "monga momwe MSNBC imayika nkhani zake, sizongosangalatsa chabe,
ndi zabwino kwa dziko, makamaka poyerekeza ndi zosapeweka
denouement: kukhazikitsa chimodzi mwa zilembo zovunda muofesi yowulungika.
In
zoona zake nโzakuti mavuto akamapitirizabe, mโpamenenso amakhala bwino. Kuti chisankho cha US
dongosolo ndi zolakwika ndipo mosayenera siziyenera kukhala nkhani, koma mwadzidzidzi izo. Kulira
opusa kuposa Dan M'malo mofananiza, osankhidwa ndi agalu awo achitetezo ali nawo
adatsata njira iliyonse yodzifunira ngati kudzipereka kutumikira "chifuniro cha
anthu" komanso ngati lonjezo lochita "zabwino kwa dziko."
Kodi pali wina yemwe ali pafupi ndi TV yemwe walephera kuzindikira izi?
ubwino wa dziko meshes ndendende ndi zofuna za aliyense
phungu?
Kuti
kuwatcha achiphamaso kumawanyoza achinyengo owona paliponse. Osachepera
onyenga ali ndi mfundo zoti apereke. Bush ndi Gore akungodzitumikira okha
mwayi. Bush nthawi yomweyo adasiya mwala wake waukulu "kudalira
anthu" ndikusintha chikhulupiriro chake ku makina ndi maloya a K-Street
mkangano wokhudza kulondola kwa kuwerenga kwamanja uli ndi mabowo ambiri kuposa West Palm
Kuvotera pagombe. Zimatsutsananso mwachindunji ndi ndondomeko zomwe adakhazikitsa ngati bwanamkubwa.
Kugwira misampha yapurezidenti, ngakhale mavoti asanawerengedwe, adayamba
kupanga gulu la kusintha, kukumana ndi alangizi, kutchula mkazi wake "Choyamba
Lady Bush."
nyanga,
Zowona monga momwe Valium-chete amapangira, amaphimba chikhumbo chake choyipa ndi
chikhumbo-chodziwika mkati mwa kampeni- "kumenyera nkhondo
anthu." Atavala chovala cha Kennedyesque, adangoyang'ana mwachidwi
mpira pamene omutsatira ake adatsutsa "kuthamangira chiweruzo" -a
mawu odzaza ndi fungo lokopa la JFK-yochita-yolakwika, yokongoletsedwa ndi
mawu odzutsa chiwembu.
nthawiyi,
dueling gurus of gravitas, kuphatikizapo awiri achiwiri a alembi a boma,
onjezerani maluwa a ma maikolofoni amtaneti okhala ndi mfundo zoyankhulirana.
The
Chokhacho chomwe chikusoweka pa farce iyi ndi masomphenya a Dukakis, chisoti atavala
mutu, mu thanki yotsogolera ya zomwe Wall Street Journal idasewera ndikuyitcha a
kudula.
The
chiwonetsero ndi mlandu wa OJ wa ndale, ndipo chigamulocho chimadalira a
mapiri amilandu, mavoti ovotera, ndi nkhondo ya PR yotengera omwe angathe
pemphani, mwachifundo komanso nthawi zambiri, "zabwino za dziko."
koma
Oikidwa m'manda pambuyo pa voti pali zowonadi zakunyumba: The Electoral
Koleji ndi malo apamwamba kwambiri, opangidwa kuyambira poyambira kupita
kulepheretsa kuwongolera mwachindunji. Ngakhale zinali zovuta, tinaphunzira
graphic (akuyembekezeredwa usana ndi usiku pa zowonetsera pa TV) mwatsatanetsatane kuti voti iliyonse
sichimawerengera, popeza mavoti onse samawerengedwa. Zotsatira za zisankho ndi
zosalondola, zokondera, komanso zovomerezeka kuchita zachinyengo. Chiwerengero cha anthu
osaloledwa ndi mavoti owonongeka, osadziwika bwino, kapena osawerengeka ndi atsopano okha
kudalirika kwa nkhani. Makhothi ndi mabungwe oyang'anira anthu nthawi zambiri amakhala ngati
osagwirizana ngati andale omwe amawawona. Ndipo chofunika kwambiri
adayika chaka chino pamavoti omwe sanapezekepo, kuphatikiza omwe ali mu Gulu Lankhondo,
limasonyeza kuti mโmbuyomo munali kofunika kwambiri. Patali kwambiri
Zokhumudwitsa ndi malipoti akuti anthu ambiri adachotsedwa ntchito
chifukwa cha mtundu, zolemba za kumangidwa komanso kuzunzidwa ndi boma.
Nthawi zonse,
atolankhani akhala akuyimba nyimbo zachigawo chimodzi, kuchokera ku zoyimbira zolakwika pa chisankho
usiku, kupita ku gulu losinthana la akatswiri ofotokoza dziko mozama
kugawanika, "mozama" kufananizidwa mwanjira ina ndi "mofanana." Mu
Ndipotu, anthu ambiri aku America adagwirizana panthawi yonse ya chisankho
mwa kusowa chidwi kwa ofuna kusankha. Pa tsiku la chisankho, theka la
chiwerengero cha anthu omwe anasankha kusavota chinafotokoza zofuna zawo momveka bwino
theka lomwe linatero.
Liti
zotsatira zatsirizidwa, phunziro limene akatswiri ndi ndale adzatero
mosalephera ndi mopanda nzeru tout ndi kuti, ngakhale kufunika luso ochepa
kukonza, dongosolo linagwira ntchito. Chomaliza chomveka bwino chingakhale chakuti sichinatero ndipo
kuti tiyenera kusiya Electoral College, kampeni poyera ndalama, kupereka
nthawi yaulere yaulere kwa onse ofuna kusankhidwa ndi mabungwe omwe sakufuna ufulu.
izi
chisankho ndi chimodzi mwazochitika zamadzi monga Watergate ndi Vietnam War
zomwe zimachotsa chikhulupiriro cha anthu pamalingaliro ongoganiza kuti andale ndi antchito aboma komanso
boma limatumikira anthu. Ngakhale spindoctoring mwamphamvu ndi media ndi
ndale, anthu ambiri adzachoka pa chisankho cha 2000 atatsimikiza kuti
pulezidenti ndi wapathengo. Ena adzamvetsa kuti ndi chiyani chodabwitsa
chaka chino ndi zodziwikiratu osati mfundo ya umbale kuti. Iwo
zikuwonekerabe ngati kuzindikirikako kungayambitse kusuliza kapena
kukayikira, mphwayi kapena kuchita ziwonetsero, kunyoza kapena kusintha kwakukulu.