Democrats 12-Step reaction to attack ads

[zippy890]

This is both amusing and painfully true sometimes.

from article in Boston Globe today:http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/candidates/articles/2006/10/12/next_round_is_up_for_grabs/

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"In campaigns I know, for Kerry and Mike Dukakis, there's a pattern to how Democrats react when attacked. It's 12-step process:

1) I can't believe (opponent) is doing this.
2) I won't dignify it with response.
3) People won't believe it.
4) Press won't let them get away with it.
5) Press is letting them get away with it.
6) People are believing it.
7) I didn't do anything wrong.
8) If it looks like I did something wrong, it's because other side is distorting facts.
9) Let's not panic until we see poll.
10) Don't let anyone see these poll results.
11) If they're going to cheat like this, find something on them.
12) Let's attack them.
Note: Republicans skip first 11 steps.
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I say its time for Democratic candidates to skip to, say, #11 then go directly to attacking them.

Here in Mass. the repub candidate's attack ads against democratic Deval Patrick (gov's race) are going on the attack, and while I don't think the nastier ones are doing her any good, Deval would do well to go on the offensive against the s**t she's flinging at him.

[Warpy]

1. There's also the nasty letter from a lawyer

with copies to broadcast and print media.

[blm]

3. Did you notice that both Kerry and Clinton's legal letters got ZERO action

from the media intent on carrying the GOP water.

Yet they have almost always reversed themselves when GOP swings against them.

And printmedia rarely points the finger at broadcast media for acting so BLATANT and unfairly.

[Warpy]

4. Good point, but I don't think we know the whole story

behind the PT911 propaganda orgasm. I have a feeling there was considerable arm twisting behind the scenes combined with threats from the GOP.

Someone, sometime is going to have to follow up a nasty letter with a nuisance lawsuit. Even nuisance lawsuits cost media and candidates more money than they particularly want to spend. If they know they have a chance of being sued, they'll can the crapola.

Until that happens, you're probably right, they'll just duly ignore it as an empty threat because "everybody knows Democrats have no spine."

[Ian David]

2. Healey is playing the "soft on rapists" card-- and she's a RAPEpublican!nt