Why do people keep resorting to personal attacks to defend their favorite candidate?

Question

Give an intelligent analysis of your position. There is no room for emotional appeals and nme calling during such a viatl period in our nation's history. The only idiots out there are those who call someone else an idiot without a sensible explanation.

Answer 1

To blemish the image of a candidate through negative attacks is not good for politics especially when there is no basis.

Answer 2

because they lack the knowledge of others candidates positions. they bash obama or hillary yet they are almost identical in their postions on the economy, the war, immigration and such. it is much easier to say what the others can't do versus touting what your candidate can do, particularly when you do not know.

Answer 3

One reason is they have no logical arguments to further their point so they resort to abusive rhetoric. The only true way to express the advantages or disadvantages of a given candidate is to argue the results of actions they have taken in the past without allowing emotions to cloud your objectivity.

Answer 4

Don't worry about it.

People who started attacking are Neoconservatives who didn't want any free thinking on the board.

If they insult you, report them.  It's your right.

Yahoo can't allow racism and bigotry as a corporation so they need to know that too.  It's illegal in the US.

Answer 5

well Can attack on the issues, abortion is wrong, Hillary and obamination support,socialized medicine is communist,Hillary and obama support this, raising taxes to support yourself and every other person is an act of treason, Hillary and obama support this, the role of government is the national defense mainly anything else is above and beyond their constitutional rights

Answer 6

personally.. im tired of all this bashing between these canidates. If they dont know how to respect one another within this platform of debates....then id rather not vote for neither one.

Answer 7

It is just a naive tatic to make another look bad to make yourself look good. This is one of the oldest trick in the book. If I contend against you, WHY would I want you to look better for the position than the self. It has been embedded in the mindset and there is where it would need to be removed...

Answer 8

It's called "Follow the Leader".

Answer 9

They're tacky.

Yahoo wants you to report personal attacks.

Answer 10

there are alot of people that don't know anything about the candidates, they just know that one is black and the other is a woman, and thats all they have to go off of, so i think when someone gives something intelligent, they don't understand, or can't rebuke the matter, so they resort to going into a personal fight.

Answer 11

It's an old republican strategy, when you don't have much positive to say about your candidate, use hyperbole and outright lies to smear your candidate's opponent.