U-Gaffe-prone uMitt Romney uya kuzama ukurhwebesha u-Barack Obama ukuba abonise umoya ongcolileyo ekulweni kweColorado.
Kubancedisi bakaBarack Obama kunye noMitt Romney, ezi ntsuku zinzima phambi kwengxoxo yokuqala kamongameli ngolwesiThathu ziye zalawulwa sisiko eliqhelekileyo neliqhelekileyo, ngendlela yalo, njengokubaleka kweeBulls, okanye ukuTshintshwa koMlindi, ngaphandle kokuphikiswana. kungenangqondo ngakumbi.
Ukuthotywa koLindiweyo kuqale ngokunyanisekileyo kwiveki ephelileyo, xa abacebisi bephulo – abachithe iminyaka bekhuthaza umgqatswa wabo njengeyona nkokeli inkulu kwimbali yaseMelika – benze i-U-turn.
Xa kufikwa kwingxoxo-mpikiswano, izithethi zika-Obama zinyanzelisa ukuba yintlekele ehambayo: etyekele ekuvavanyeni, iminyaka emine engasebenzi, kwaye exakeke kakhulu ngeziganeko zehlabathi. Iqela likaRomney lineengxoxo zabo zomfanekiso wesipili: U-Obama sesona sithethi sibalaseleyo kumaxesha angoku, kwaye uRomney akazange axoxisane noMdemokhrasi kwiminyaka eli-10. "Kunzima ukucinga ukuba nabani na odlula u-Obama kwiindawo zengxoxo," isithethi sikaRomney, uAndrea Saul, uxelele iphephandaba laseWashington iThe Hill. Ingqiqo emva kweli qhinga icacile ngokuhlazisayo: cenga wonke umntu ukuba alindele ukukrazula, kwaye ukuba indoda yakho igqiba ukwenza ngokuhloniphekileyo - ukuyeka, yithi, ukususa ngokukhawuleza yonke impahla yakhe yangaphantsi kwinqanaba ngelixa uchaza ukuba i-9 / 11 yayinjani. Umsebenzi wangaphakathi - ngokuqinisekileyo kufuneka ubalwe njengoloyiso olumangalisayo.
• Inyaniso kukuba bobabini abagqatswa - u-Obama, ulungiselela ngomsindo kwindawo yokuphumla ngaphandle kweLas Vegas; URomney, eNew England - baneengxoxo ezinetalente. Nayiphi na indoda “inokuphumelela” ungquzulwano lwabo kwiYunivesithi yaseColorado Denver, eya kumodareyithwa ngumakhwekhwetha weendaba uJim Lehrer.
U-Romney uya kuba nethemba lokurhwebesha u-Obama kwenye yemiboniso yakhe enqabileyo kodwa ephawulekayo yomoya okhohlakeleyo ("Uthandeka ngokwaneleyo, uHillary," wayedume ngokunyelisa imbangi yakhe yeDemokhrasi ngo-2008). Umongameli, kwelakhe icala, unokwanela ukuvumela i-Romney gaffe yenzeke, njengoko bonke bebonakala besenza njalo. (Isigculelo esininzi samkela ingxelo yeNew York Times yokuba uRomney, indoda engaziwayo ngeenzame zakhe ezinempumelelo zokuhlekisa esidlangalaleni, ulungiselele “uthotho lwezingers athe wazicengceleza kwaye ebeziqhelanisa nabancedisi ukusukela ngoAgasti”.)
Kwaye akukho mntu uthandabuzayo ukuba uxinzelelo alunamlinganiso kwiRiphabhlikhi: kunye nokuvota okucebisa ukuba uloyiso luthambethekile ekubambeni kwakhe, uloyiso nje lwengxoxo-mpikiswano, njengoko lugwetywe lugqabaza lweendaba zaseMelika, aluyi kwanela ukubuyisela umva ubutyebi bakhe. Kodwa isikhubekiso esibalulekileyo sinokusebenza njengeqela lokufa.
• Ngokwenyani, nangona kunjalo, eyona nto inokwenzeka yile: iingxoxo-mpikiswano ezintathu kule nyanga izayo ziya kubonelela ngokutya okuninzi kubahlalutyi kunye nabagxeki, ngelixa zingenampembelelo kwisiphumo. Oku akuphelelanga ekubeni i-94% yabavoti baseMelika sele befake iingqondo zabo ngeli xesha. Kukwangenxa yokuba, njengoko uphando olwenziwa ngusosayensi wezopolitiko uJames Stimson lubonisile, iingxoxo zomongameli azinakuthatha isigqibo.
Akukho kugqatso lwe-White House phakathi kuka-1960 kunye no-2000, uhlalutyo lokuvota luka-Stimson lufunyenwe, ngaba naluphi na "utshintsho olukhulu" kuvoto lunokulandelwa kwiingxoxo. Nditsho nokudibana kukaJFK noRichard Nixon ophaphathekileyo ngo-1960 wanceda iDemocrat kuphela, ngamanqaku ambalwa kuno-Obama ngoku akhokela uRomney. Ibali lokuba abaphulaphuli bakanomathotholo babecinga ukuba uNixon uphumelele, ngelixa ababukeli bakamabonwakude bemshiya bebaninzi, liyintsomi.
UJohn Kerry waphumelela zonke iingxoxo zakhe kunye noGeorge Bush ngo-2004, ngokophando lwezimvo zoluntu - kodwa uncitshisiwe kwindima yokuzenza uMitt Romney kwi-rehearsals yengxoxo ka-Obama. Njengoko enye inzululwazi yezopolitiko, uJohn Sides, yachaza kutshanje kwiNyanga yaseWashington, abaviwa balungiselela ngokugqithisileyo, benkqaya iingongoma zokuthetha kwaye bagxininise kwiifomathi ezinciphisa amathuba entlekele, ngoko ke akumangalisi ukuba "bathanda ukulwa ukuze batsale". Ngokuchanekileyo ngenxa yokuba ingxoxo ejongwe kakhulu inokuba yinto ebaluleke kakhulu, abagqatswa ngokwenene benza iyelenqe lokuqinisekisa ukuba ayisayi kuba njalo.
• Akukho nanye ethetha ukuba abayi kwenza ukubukela okunyanzelisayo. “Senator, awungoJack Kennedy” kusenokwenzeka ukuba akazange amnqande uDan Quayle ukuba abe ngusekela-mongameli, kodwa lelona qela libalaseleyo lezopolitiko ukusukela oko uChurchill, ekhuphisana kuphela yimpendulo kaRonald Reagan kwingxoxo ka-1984 malunga neenkxalabo malunga nobudala bakhe: “Ndinguye. engayi kuxhaphaza, ngeenjongo zopolitiko, ulutsha [lukaWalter Mondale] nokungabi namava”.
Ubunzima buka-Al Gore kwiingxoxo kunye noGeorge Bush wathetha ngokuvakalayo, kwaye kungekhona ngokungafanelekanga, ngendoda engabonakaliyo emva kwe-facade yeendaba. Nditsho nomdlalo ka-John McCain ka-2008 kuJoe the Plumber – wamkhankanya izihlandlo ezili-13 kwimizuzu eli-10 yokuqala yengxoxo-mpikiswano – wabonakala ebethelela ububhanxa belo phulo. Kwanceda ukuba i-Everman ekuthethwa ngayo ibingabizwanga ngenene ngokuthi nguJoe, okanye, ngamanye ama-akhawunti, i-plumber enelayisensi ngokufanelekileyo.
Kwenzeka njani ukuba, ekugqibeleni, ungquzulwano phakathi kwabantu ababini ngendlela engaqhelekanga ukuba bafune ukuba ngumongameli wase-US lusilele ukuba nomtsalane? Kulusizi, ewe, ukuba iingxoxo zomongameli bekufanele ukuba zincitshiswe ukuba zibe ngaphezulu kokuzonwabisa.
Nangona kunjalo, kuqwalaselwe loo migaqo yodwa, kukho zonke izizathu zokuya ngobusuku bangoLwesithathu ngolindelo olukhulu.
(UmGcini)
