Wow..it's getting close. Only 19 more days. No matter what happens, it's going to be strange without Bush & Cheney. They've been there for so long, it feels like they've grown into the wall paper or something. LOL...
Karl Rove was the source of much of the sickness that's plaguing the McCain campaign right now. Republicans got it into their heads that Rovian tactics were the best way to go: paint your opponent as an enemy; throw every accusation possible, no matter how unlikely, against them to see what sticks; and push poll blatant lies
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True, though, as I said to Ken, the Rovian mix of ad homimen attacks and back-alley fear-mongering has been a major part of the Republican arsenal for thirty years. He was the great artist of the school, but by no means the only one.
And of course, the politics of division goes back far further than Rove. He was just a master of it. I'd like to see an election that doesn't descend into attempts to demonize the opponent, but it isn't going to happen any time soon. And in all honesty, as much as I feel a bit badly for McCain personally, it's nice to see the RNC paying a price for their reliance over the past thirty years on the ad homimen attack as their campaign tactic of choice.
The inauguration will by like house cleaning.
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And of course, the politics of division goes back far further than Rove. He was just a master of it. I'd like to see an election that doesn't descend into attempts to demonize the opponent, but it isn't going to happen any time soon. And in all honesty, as much as I feel a bit badly for McCain personally, it's nice to see the RNC paying a price for their reliance over the past thirty years on the ad homimen attack as their campaign tactic of choice.
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