07-13-2008, 01:58 PM
If the BJP had been caught lying on issues that had an emotional power, people would have reconsidered voting for it. I know many loyalists who wondered if the BJP was still their party after LK Advani defended Jinnah. I know many liberal BJP supporters who declared that could not vote for the party after the Gujarat riots.
The trouble with the nuclear deal is that it has zero emotional power. Nobody cares enough to vote for the Congress because it supports it. Nobody cares enough to vote for the Left because it opposes it. And nobody cares enough to stop voting for the BJP because it lies about it.
None of this has to do with substance. It has to do with emotion. And politics is often about emotion.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/St...+Over+Substance
The trouble with the nuclear deal is that it has zero emotional power. Nobody cares enough to vote for the Congress because it supports it. Nobody cares enough to vote for the Left because it opposes it. And nobody cares enough to stop voting for the BJP because it lies about it.
None of this has to do with substance. It has to do with emotion. And politics is often about emotion.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/St...+Over+Substance