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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (135912)	9/11/2008 2:43:48 PM
From: jlallen	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Of course....they all do it...because it works....It never ceases to amaze me...the naivete of those who think that dems are "better" than repubs and vice versa.... J.

To: tonto who wrote (135912)	9/11/2008 2:50:39 PM
From: Kevin Rose	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Well, let me clarify what I mean by negative campaigning. All campaigns must compare and contrast. If McCain comes out and says Obama's tax plan is FOS, and here is why, I think they classify that as negative but I consider it fair game. It's the lies, smears, and innuendo that have nothing to do with the issues. Obama's campaign has stayed pretty clean - check FactCheck.org - but McCain turned to the dark side, in the past few days: 1) Practically accusing Obama of being a pedophile, instead of the fact that he was trying to protect kids from pedophiles. 2) Accusing Obama, a very respectful individual who has consistently phrased his opponents, of calling Palin a pig. 3) Accusing Obama of smearing Palin, and using FactCheck.org as a source, which resulting in FactCheck essentially calling the McCain campaign liars. This recent dip - after the previous smears about Obama only wanting to visit troops if he could take cameras, or McCain's contention that Obama would rather win a campaign and lose a war - is simply not a tit-for-tat. It is a concerted effort by McCain to use Rovian tactics to win. Makes sense when you consider how many Rove aides are in the campaign - and Rove admitting that they call him for advise.