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"You have to fight fire with fire, mud with mud, dirt with dirt. ... I don't particularly like destroying people. I got into politics because of issues, not anger. But too much is at stake to play by Dukakis rules, and lose again. That is the conclusion Democrats have reached. So watch out. Millions of dollars will be on the table. And there are plenty of choices for what to spend it on. I'm not promising pretty."

Heh, heh, hehhhh.

"Step into my web," said the GOP spider to the DNC.

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I've been saying all along two very important things: first, that the Democrats can *only* go negative because they have no "new ideas" with which to give them an alternative, positive campaign option. Without new ideas of their own (e.g. tax cuts, spreading liberty, privatizing social security, faith based charities, etc.), they have no choice but to go negative.

Second, we've been prepared for the Dems to go negative from Day One. After all, we knew that was their only option.

...And our *plan* for 2004 has always been to not only win, but also to smear the liberal news media and burn the fatcat DNC donors in the process.

To do that, we've got to get them mad enough to make mistakes with their money, their strategy, and with words that they'll soon regret.

I'm not completely certain that they are that mad, but Susan is getting there. And hey, we've got a couple of months still!

5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires

Smart politicians understand aiki-do.

The aiki-do master uses the momentum of an opponent's attack against the aggressor. Bush understands that Kerry's attack is coming. He will turn Kerry's smears back on Kerry, putting the lie to the proposition that Kerry's campaign is high minded and fair. But further, he will round on Kerry by using his plate of issues back on the Democrat, while at the same time using aiki-do as a counterattack.

Kerry will attack with personal smears: we saw that last night during Kerry's "Howard Dean moment". Bush will maintain his focus on his agenda, bypassing Kerry's attack to take his case directly to the electorate.

Estrich has obviously been talking to Shrum and others in the enemy camp. She knows that Kerry's internals must be horrible to behold. And so, the Dems will try to go hugely negative to hold down Bush. It will work with the clueless, just like the DUI charge worked like a charm late in the 2000. However, the Bush people will be campaigning on issues that have resonance with the public at large.

Kerry's personal attack will be countered by a Bush assertion that negative attacks add nothing to the debate and do not help "working families". Again, the Democrats do themselves little credit in taking this line of attack, and there is no way Kerry could form a governing coalition based on such a campaign. However, I believe that the larger electorate will be turned off no end by yet another Democratic smear campaign.

The Swifties succeeded in large part because their charges had the ring of truth. The Democrats will fail because their charges will turn out to be lies, and, sidestep the need to address the great issues of the day.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

In practice, the sad truth is that smears work -- that if you throw enough mud, some of it is bound to stick.

Yep, just ask Kerry's 527 and Michael Moore. They've been at it for a year.

The arrogant little Republican boys who have been strutting around New York this week, claiming that they have this one won, would do well to take a step back. It could be a long and ugly road to November.

LOL!!! They haven't stopped. Thanks for the laugh, Southack.