Reply #36: The Note: RNC's/Rove's strategy for interfering in the Democratic primary [View All]

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At some point, somebody should take all the e-mailed press releases
from the crackerjack research team at the Republican National
Committee attacking the Democratic presidential candidates, print
them out, and publish them in a bound, leatherette hard copy edition.

Like a fine Julie Teer quote LINK, or a "Breck Girl" anonymous
missile from a "Bush adviser," these releases are intended to make
mischief in the Democratic nomination fight — destabilize things as
much as they can, dragging the process out as long as possible,
trying to produce as weak a Democratic nominee as they can in the
end, and basically playing bad cop, so the president can stay above
the fray until the last possible moment.

These releases, read in their totality, are brilliant, but they can
also cause some cognitive dissonance, because they do hit on some
contradictory themes (sometimes, for example, attacking a candidate
for being too liberal, but, sometimes, attacking someone for being to
conservative).

The main themes are that one or more of the Democratic candidates are:

1. missing too many votes
2. changing their positions
3. itching to raise your taxes
4. inconsistent
5. attacking each other
6. too negative about President Bush (Note the irony!)
7. wimpy, effeminate, and crass
8. obstructionist
9. unconcerned with homeland security
10. borderline communist (ok: we are — pretty much — kidding about
that one)

The RNC attacking the Democratic candidates is dog-bites-man, except,
pace Karl Rove, this is arguably the most organized operation of this
type in the modern era (You should see their tape library!!!).
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/TheNote/TheNote.html

Ask yourselves, do the Greens hinder or help the RNC/Rove strategy of interfering in the Democratic Primary?