huh???

[kpete]

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
"This election is not about issues. This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates."

-- McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, quoted by the Washington Post.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/09/02/extra_bonus_quote_of_the_day.html

[tekisui]

1. However you want to do it. The pukes are stuck with a losing ticket.

[Az]

2. Unfortunately he is right

The election should be about issues. But it has become an advertising campaign. And that means it has reduced the process down to emotional manipulation. Making people feel better about one candidate and uneasy about the other. People don't vote based on reason they vote based on their gut feeling. Or at least a majority do.

[Az]

4. He is right... but the pukes are still gonna lose because they got nothing to advertise

[me b zola]

15. Their product was recalled

:rofl:

[billyoc]

3. It's "American Idol". It really is.

:crazy:

[okieinpain]

5. yep that's the republician way of voting.

if they don't like the way you look, you're not getting their vote. doesn't matter if your pulling them out of a burning house.

[phantom power]

6. That is exactly why they're so very good at winning elections.

[habitual]

7. recommend, he forgot he wasn't in a strategy room.

there are two truths to these people:

1. The truth they decide to display to the country

2. The truth that they use in the backrooms to decide what the truth will be that they display to the country

this idiot forgot where he was for a second and truth number 2 came out.

[timber84]

8. um yeah

Could he have worded that any worse? That is a mouthful that will go in one ear and out the other. That man must be a blithering idiot.

[Thrill]

9. Still no comment from the Obama Campaign? Lets see if Joe says anything at his townhall tonight

[demobabe]

10. Well, it actually makes sense

The composite view: Gramps and the secessionist.

[Bluenorthwest]

13. Gramps and the Secessionist! We'll pitch it to ABC !

They'll pick it up for midseason, with Wilford Brimley and Reeba McIntyre in the title roles. I smell a hit! But if we wait until pilot season, we can forget Reeba and Wil and get the original cast...the buzz is they will be very available as of early November.

[demobabe]

14. They already have the promo photo for the series. People Mag took it!

Better and better...

[Vinca]

11. If that's the case, McCain is in worse trouble than I thought. nt

[unblock]

12. sadly, he's 100% correct. that's the way the game is played

"issues" are only important to the extent that they play into that "composite view".

what he DOESN'T say is that a savvy candidate and party can push "issues" in general and certain issues in particular front and center so that they're more likely to play a big role in shaping that "composite view".

those who actually vote issues have made their minds up a long time ago.

those who remain vote on image. even if they THINK they're voting on an "issue" (think gay marriage or flag-burning), they're actually voting on image.

[Danascot]

16. The last thing the GOP wants

is for it to be about the issues, hence the Palin circus.