Comments on: Negative reenforcement

By: ron

ron — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:21:32 +0000

i dont like the fact that he thinks us white people are trash. because were not!

By: Another Luke

Another Luke — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:40:08 +0000

Watch out! Conservatives are angling for the furry/confurvative vote.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1008/GOP_deploys_squirrels_.html?showall

By: vachon

vachon — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:56:02 +0000

Itz dem ebil t-shirts, srsly.

By: ice weasel

ice weasel — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:41:57 +0000

If it walks like a bigot and makes noises like a racist it must a white republican.

Err…duck.

Or something.

By: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:57:06 +0000

curv3ball Says:
October 15, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Tim Fernholz was a solid addition to TAPPED.

As for the negative stuff: it works up to a point, depends on how its done and in what context.

The context of rethuglican campaigning is:

1) Our platform is to screw most all of you over in ways you can’t even imagine (yet).

2) What kind of shit sammich do we have to serve you incredibly stupid yokels (well, at least enough of you to get it close enough to steal), in spite of one.

And that’s how Lee Atwater, and Karl Rove after him, became celebrated electoral genii.

And we’re going to be paying for this shit for ever. We don’t even know the price tag, yet.

And that’s why it’s not working, anymore.
~

By: kenmeer livermaile

kenmeer livermaile — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:34:13 +0000

“There have been times when I’ve wanted to see Obama fight back harder, throwing in some negative stuff. But then, just when I start complaining, he does it.”

Chris Rock said a few weeks ago something like:

‘My daddy told me a black man can’t win a fight against a white man. He has to KNOCK HIM OUT.’

Unless he can trick his opponent into knocking himself out.

John McCain in Fight Club 2.

By: cartesian

cartesian — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:15:12 +0000

Look: At least 90% of people who read any newspaper or magazine, and 99% of those who don’t, have now heard of SOH, and the one person who reads all the periodicals can’t stop talking about him. Logically, it’s either SOHEHO or at least SOHAEHO by now.

By: Kléber Raposadinho

Kléber Raposadinho — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:06:00 +0000

I still worry about this election, but things are looking up.

I like how Iowa has behaved and the States surrounding Illinois are behaving like they should with a Illinois candidate.

I think the LVs are +6% for the Democrats and -2% for the GOP since 2004. The environment along with the fact that you correctly pointed out, McCain isn’t really liked by his own base, make this seem like a really easy race. The newer voters are more savvy and have been saying for eight years that they can detect and don’t like negative ads.

I think it will be a closer race due to the racism problem. I don’t trust the votes to be counted correctly. I think we should have won the last two elections.

By: Uli Kunkel

Uli Kunkel — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:46:28 +0000

I think the only reason SBVT 2.0 isn’t working out so well is that voters’ shoes are saturated with the flaming shit that gets put on their doorsteps and which they’ve been gladly stamping out for the last couple of elections.

The Jesus-freaks will gladly continue to eat shit sandwiches if it keeps the gays down, but the not-so-crazy can only absorb so much cognitive dissonance in the face of glaring domestic and foreign crises.

The GOP has pretty much exceeded the BTKWB limit for most voters this election cycle, and negative ads can’t work a miracle. But given enough time, the financial crisis will pass and Americans will elect someone like Palin (or worse).

By: curv3ball

curv3ball — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:05:04 +0000

Tim Fernholz was a solid addition to TAPPED.

As for the negative stuff: it works up to a point, depends on how its done and in what context.

Going negative is kind of a blanket term that probably encompasses everything from ratfuckery to bland TV spots that attack the policies of the opponent.

There have been times when I’ve wanted to see Obama fight back harder, throwing in some negative stuff. But then, just when I start complaining, he does it.

His negative stuff has had the advantage of being largely policy-based and true.