Comments on: How to make voters sick http://www.polimom.com/2006/09/10/how-to-make-voters-sick/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:45:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Polimom Says » Dirty diapers smell better than this http://www.polimom.com/2006/09/10/how-to-make-voters-sick/#comment-43196 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:27:07 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/09/10/how-to-make-voters-sick/#comment-43196 [...] Over at the Moderate Voice, Michael van der Galien wonders why WaPo’s article harps on the Republicans, but the GOP told us that this was how they intended to campaign, and by golly, they finally delivered on something. (From factcheck.org) The ads being aired by both the NRCC and its rival, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, are overwhelmingly negative. However, the DCCC ads generally attack Republican candidates on policy issues or their performance in office – accusing them of casting votes favorable to drug or oil companies, or of supporting President Bush’s unpopular policies in Iraq or on Social Security. We’ve recently criticized factual inaccuracies we’ve seen in some of those, and we’ll have more to say in a later article. Here we focus on the NRCC’s ads, which are much more likely to demean an opponent’s character. That’s the very definition of political mudslinging. [...] […] Over at the Moderate Voice, Michael van der Galien wonders why WaPo’s article harps on the Republicans, but the GOP told us that this was how they intended to campaign, and by golly, they finally delivered on something. (From factcheck.org) The ads being aired by both the NRCC and its rival, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, are overwhelmingly negative. However, the DCCC ads generally attack Republican candidates on policy issues or their performance in office – accusing them of casting votes favorable to drug or oil companies, or of supporting President Bush’s unpopular policies in Iraq or on Social Security. We’ve recently criticized factual inaccuracies we’ve seen in some of those, and we’ll have more to say in a later article. Here we focus on the NRCC’s ads, which are much more likely to demean an opponent’s character. That’s the very definition of political mudslinging. […]

]]> by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2006/09/10/how-to-make-voters-sick/#comment-35591 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:38:58 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/09/10/how-to-make-voters-sick/#comment-35591 Given that the Dems main (some might say 'only') platform is "everything the GOP is doing is wrong" with no idea as to what the 'right thing' is, it sounds like just another day in Bizarro-world to me. Last time we had anyone campaignng on what they would actually do was back in 1994 - how long ago that seems... ~EdT. Given that the Dems main (some might say ‘only’) platform is “everything the GOP is doing is wrong” with no idea as to what the ‘right thing’ is, it sounds like just another day in Bizarro-world to me.

Last time we had anyone campaignng on what they would actually do was back in 1994 - how long ago that seems…

~EdT.

]]> by: John http://www.polimom.com/2006/09/10/how-to-make-voters-sick/#comment-35252 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 18:29:01 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/09/10/how-to-make-voters-sick/#comment-35252 It's called, "how to campaign when your platform and you record are losers." WIthout this stuff they'r left with "Isn't the Iraq war a big success?" and "Working more for less money - good for you!" It’s called, “how to campaign when your platform and you record are losers.” WIthout this stuff they’r left with “Isn’t the Iraq war a big success?” and “Working more for less money - good for you!”

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