GOP issues rules to avoid Macaca moments

[DeepModem Mom]

The Politico: GOP issues rules to avoid Macaca moments
By: Carrie Budoff
June 13, 2007


Sen. George Allen was the unintentional creator of the Macaca moment -- and it sank him.
(Photo by AP)

The Macaca moment has morphed into an official learning tool for the Republican establishment.

It's right there, on pages 18 and 22 of an Internet guide from the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee that its chairman, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), hopes will become scripture for the 2008 candidates.

Always assume you're being recorded, and always record your opponent. The blogs -- oh, scratch that -- the Republican blogs are your friends, so use them for rapid response in good times and bad....

And btw, the mainstream media are so, uh, 2006. The first stop for press secretaries, according to the guidebook, should be bloggers who can create "buzz" and inevitably trigger stories in the drippy MSM.

The guidebook, 39 pages long and distributed last week to GOP Senate campaigns, underscores attempts by Republicans to level the Web-based playing field after Democrats, in Ensign's view, leveraged their Internet savvy into electoral wins. Republicans remain almost haunted by their 2006 missteps, particularly the way the macaca incident exposed chasms in their new media campaign strategy....

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4483.html

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

1. Making rules after the fact.

Not a partcular sign of strength. MKJ

[annabanana]

2. HA! And it's all about authenticity...

If they can learn to fake THAT they're all set. . .. .

They wouldn't get in so much trouble out here on the 'net if they weren't always trying to fool people...