tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post479563125113758875..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Dirty PoliticsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-13388998734249620142008-02-20T17:24:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:24:00.000-05:00I read the alternet column with disbelief: if poin...I read the alternet column with disbelief: if pointing out a candidate's past votes counts as a dirty trick, then there is nothing to do but dirty tricks. And I think that's the... trick... here: if even that is a dirty trick, then absolutely everything Republicans do is a dirty trick. It's like defining terms so your opponent is automatically wrong by definition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-15255967835372813932008-02-17T02:12:00.000-05:002008-02-17T02:12:00.000-05:00His transformation into "the Obamassiah" is both c...His <A HREF="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2008/02/liberal-theocracy.html" REL="nofollow">transformation into "the Obamassiah" is both creepy and alarming</A>.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-49281583256073266202008-02-16T18:43:00.000-05:002008-02-16T18:43:00.000-05:00Oh I think there are times when that's correct. Mo...Oh I think there are times when that's correct. Most often when a politician is running a campaign of "Hope" or something of the like he or she is running a campaign of b.s. But I think lately Obama has been doing a great job of making himself distinct in that category. He's been going out of his way to tie the campaign's buzzwords like "hope" into the issues he's running on. And it is those issues he's running on not just the prospect of change. I think he's legitimately running on the hope that people recognize his vision for change is in fact more radical than the electorate had even hoped for. But of course this same fact is making a lot of people overly analytical and cynical about Obama. <BR/><BR/>But dems da breaks. As they say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-69077486129023887722008-02-16T14:41:00.000-05:002008-02-16T14:41:00.000-05:00Sooner or later, Obama will be called to account f...Sooner or later, Obama will be called to account for several things.<BR/>1)running a low-content campaign, where voters can project onto Obama their own particular views of what CHANGE should constitute.<BR/>2) his actual political views, as shown by votes and quotes. Example: Zbig making the pilgrimage to Damascus at Obama's behest, following in the footsteps of David Duke and others who have made the pilgrimage to Damascus.<BR/>3) his friends and associates.<BR/><BR/>We will hear from the holier-than-thou Liberals that the above constitute "smearing." Ironically, Obama is a product of Chicago machine politics, which has never had a reputation for making nice. Witness Obama’s rough-knuckled start in Chicago politics: <A HREF="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070403obama-ballot,1,57567.story?ctrack=1&cset=true" REL="nofollow">keep your opponents off the ballot.</A> <BR/> <BR/>Let the games beginAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-20168940998826707712008-02-16T08:01:00.000-05:002008-02-16T08:01:00.000-05:00The other association your are supposed to have is...The other association your are supposed to have is for scary music to be cued in whenever Dick Cheney's name is mentioned.<BR/><BR/>I like that Rove thing.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-60561308946224423692008-02-16T02:35:00.000-05:002008-02-16T02:35:00.000-05:00Oh yeah. Obama will be attacked if he gets the nom...Oh yeah. Obama will be attacked if he gets the nomination. And not just for the things that he has done that are questionable but some of the honorable things as well. The Republican machine works well at this kind of stuff with or without Karl Rove running things behind the curtain. (Mental image of Wizard of Oz with Rove's being the man behind the curtain)<BR/><BR/>Anyways keep posting. Good stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com