Bring on the negative ads. [View All]

[Skwmom]

I think negative ads could play an important role in the 2004 primaries --- if a candidate can't survive attack ads in the primary election he sure in the heck won't be able to survive attack ads in the general election. Like it or not Bush is going to have a huge pile of money to run negative attack ads in the general election.

For instance, let’s assume Dean gets the nomination. If you think there won't be negative ads highlighting Dean's ditching military service via a military exemption and then hitting the ski slopes - I have some tropical property I'll sell you in the Antarctica. How do you think this is going to play to the general public?

Some of you on this board love to military bash but what if a sarin attack or something else happens in the US before the next election. Americans will be scared shitless and looking for the military and a strong military party (like it or not the Dems are perceived as weak on defense) to save their ass.

Other great commercials that Rove can run in the general election:
– Dean on K Street being spoon-fed one liners by Carville and Begala.
- Dean waffling on issues. (Howard Dean – he’ll say anything to get elected).
- Rove can paint Dean as a wacko liberal in conservative states and a phony liberal in liberal states (thus sapping energy from the liberal base). Heck Rove won’t even have to run commercials to accomplish this – the Carlye Group among others own enough of the news media that he’ll be able to get his message out for free.

So bring on the negative ads in the primary election. It might be the only thing that gives some people a dose of reality and saves the Democratic party from self-destruction.