It poisons the electorate, though. (Reply #13)

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Wed Nov 9, 2022, 10:18 PM

13. It poisons the electorate, though.

It normalizes insanity and makes it even more extreme. Yes, there is a short-term gain, but the cost to society could be enormous.

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Dems propping up bad republican candidates actually worked [View all]	bigtree	Nov 9	OP
I remember many talking heads were really worried and wondered if it backfired on us n/t	Claustrum	Nov 9	#1
Glad it worked but that was some risky gambling! nt	Quixote1818	Nov 9	#2
No sh*t!	Mme. Defarge	Nov 9	#20
YEah	Dorian Gray	Nov 10	#38
It did,	gab13by13	Nov 9	#3
In it to win it!!! So happy to see Dems using strategy like this. nt	Phoenix61	Nov 9	#4
Lake is still out there, but I feel good about Hobbs	AZSkiffyGeek	Nov 9	#5
WUT? Not what very wise DUers promised	dpibel	Nov 9	#6
I didn't have a problem with it. As far as I am concerned, anything necessary to win	tulipsandroses	Nov 9	#7
Agree	Johnny2X2X	Nov 9	#8
Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3-R) got primaried and lost to nutjob Joe Kent (R)	Kennah	Nov 9	#9
Vancouver has the largest share of outstanding votes	Zambero	Nov 9	#11
i take it	barbtries	Nov 9	#10
I don't know too much about NC politics	Genki Hikari	Nov 10	#31
it's great that happened somewhere.	barbtries	Nov 10	#33
Sort of a "Guns Of Navarrone" approach...I like it!	The Unmitigated Gall	Nov 9	#12
It poisons the electorate, though.	Qutzupalotl	Nov 9	#13
This	ColinC	Nov 9	#14
this is really just encouraging weakest opposition candidate	bigtree	Nov 9	#15
See my post below. Their ads told the truth about those candidate. They did not "normalize" them	emulatorloo	Nov 9	#17
It allows them months to expose their voters to more extremist paranoia.	Qutzupalotl	Nov 9	#18
They only do it in places where they will lose in the GE	JI7	Nov 10	#28
They didn't "prop them up". They exposed their extremism.	emulatorloo	Nov 9	#16
Exactly! Thanks for bringing this up!	Tumbulu	Nov 9	#19
okay	bigtree	Nov 10	#26
Starting to wonder if we should prop up Trump?	Just A Box Of Rain	Nov 9	#21
I'd say no, given his ability to rally the braindead	bigtree	Nov 10	#23
I'd say that Ron DeSantis is the bigger danger...	DemocraticPatriot	Nov 10	#27
Sure, if you're big into Einstein's definition of insanity. nt	Tommy Carcetti	Nov 10	#37
Einstein's (attributed) definition of insanity is:	Just A Box Of Rain	Nov 10	#39
Back in 2012 during the Missouri GOP Senatorial primary	xmas74	Nov 10	#22
you gotta play against whoever shows up	bigtree	Nov 10	#25
Exactly.	xmas74	Nov 10	#34
There were many Dems who expressed the same uneasiness	peggysue2	Nov 10	#24
We should do this again in 2024, but not in Bright Red states	Polybius	Nov 10	#29
This ad spending has been mischaracterized, at least regarding the House race in Michigan...	DemocraticPatriot	Nov 10	#30
I think you're right!	Johnny2X2X	Nov 10	#35
We didn't blow our hand off with the firecracker this time	Sympthsical	Nov 10	#32
It's an extremely risky gamble.	Tommy Carcetti	Nov 10	#36

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