Smear and Pivot Bush's Campaign Strategery

[Tony_FLADEM]

Last week, in this space, I crunched the numbers and found that, from the polling so far, this race was John Kerry's to lose unless the dynamic of the election suddenly changed. It appears that the Bush campaign has realized the same thing. And when the Bush family finds itself in difficult political waters, they have a long-established, sure-fire tactic. They find a way to detect their opponent's strongest card and discredit it. They do so using surrogates to keep their patrician hands clean, and they are absolutely not above the vilest of smears. And so last week, they made their move.

<http://www.andrewsullivan.com/print.php?artnum=20040828>

[Eloriel]

1. Whoaaa! From Andrew Sullivan?

Color me surprised.

[rocktivity]

2. But two can play that game, and thanks to the Smear-Boaters

being exposed a pack of liars, the public are not going to take anything else he says at face value even with the mainstream media's help. They'll suspect an ulterior motive, they'll look for the weasel. Fool me twice, shame on...shame on...

Bush has unwittingly painted himself into a corner by not condeming the smear-boaters while stating he believes that Kerry served honorably--he can't have it both ways. And his recent remarks about catastrophic success and the war on terror not being winnable suggest that he's desparate enough to bring the troops home for his Ocotober surprise.

Bush's blind spot is that he is NOT a superior alternative to Kerry, and all Kerry now has to do in retalliation is point that out. Starting next week, I am confident that he will.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. *email blast* to...

my dad using replyall. He's been sending me crap for so long, now it's my turn! :evilgrin: