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February 21, 2008
Attack The Strengths
Wayne Slater on Karl Rove's political strategy:
In 2004, the number one thing that John Kerry offered was his heroic service in Vietnam, and so what Rove did was attack the strength of Kerry, not his weakness. What you had to do was confront Kerry's strength in Vietnam by raising doubts about whether or not he was a hero and whether or not his service was really all that noble. And you do that in part with a surrogate group, raising questions about whether his medals were truly warranted, and beyond that, pressing the case of John Kerry, who came back from the war as an opponent of the war.
And here's the new 527 ad presently running in Ohio which picks up on the Clinton campaign's attack on Senator Obama's speeches -- his most visible strength:
Against the Republicans, it's excusable. Against another Democrat? Sorry, no.
Posted By Bob Cesca | February 21, 2008 12:19 PM | DIGG ME!
Comments
Give me a break Bob, I don't see anything wrong with this ad. It is misleading, and makes me ask if Clinton did those things why are we still facing a recession? The logical order of this add appears to be as follows:
Speeches = no jobs
Currently there are no jobs = recession
Therefore we are in a recession because Obama is giving speeches. Which could be true since my productivity goes down since I watch his speeches at work.
Posted by: elliot ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.bobcesca.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 21, 2008 01:07 PM
Wow. What is that I smell? Oh yeah, desperation. That's it.
They better stand clear because the blowback on this is gonna be big.
Posted by: Nanotyrannus at February 21, 2008 02:45 PM
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