Reply #14: Abso-Fuckin'-Lutely! You couldn't be MORE spot-on about this! [View All]

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Abso-Fuckin'-Lutely! Taking the high road WILL take you straight over a cliff.

Nice guys finish LAST in politics.

In order to govern, first you have to WIN.

In order to set the agenda, first you have to WIN.

In order to call the shots (WITH subpoena power), first you have to WIN.

In order to launch IMPEACHMENT proceedings, first you have to WIN.

In order to launch serious investigations and actually hold these people accountable for a change, first you have to WIN.

In order to influence, and change, the timbre of the public political discourse, FIRST YOU HAVE TO WIN.


And keep this in mind, too: It. Does. NOT. Matter. What. The. Polls. Say. About. Negative. Campaigning.

Doesn't matter. Doesn't mean dick.

Americans will tell you all day long how they despise mudslinging and negative campaigns and cheap shots and the rest of it. Public opinion surveys confirm this again and again. They'll also tell you they hate gossip and don't read the "National Enquirer," and don't buy "US" and "Life&Style" and all that other crap. They'll tell you they never read "Page Six."

BUT THEY DO.

And negative campaigning works. Statistics, and election after election after election all prove this is true. People SAY it's shitty and go tsk-tsk-tsk, but they buy it hook-line-and-sinker EVERY time.

We HAVE to go negative. You think for one instant the enemy won't? They'll hit our people with everything they've got, most of it lies and distortions, but they'll use it all ANYWAY, hoping some voters will buy it. And some will. Which means there are other voters who'll buy the shit WE can throw at the enemy. And we have MORE shit to throw at them, what with the abramoff/delay stuff and the toadying to bush for war and the toadying to bush to take your privacy rights away and hold a trip to Gitmo over your head if you don't behave, and committing war crimes and treason by leaking national security secrets, and not protecting the most vulnerable among us from major disasters like Katrina, which is what the federal government is there to do, in the first place. All the shit and dirt WE have to throw at these people just happens to be, conveniently enough, THE TRUTH. If the idea of fighting dirty bothers you, then salve your conscience with this thought: whatever mud we sling at them will be THE TRUTH. The enemy won't be able to make that same claim.

I say fight dirty, fight dirtier, fight dirtiest! Mudwrestling? I'm IN!!!

We can ask for forgiveness LATER.

AFTER WE WIN.