No Negative Tactic Left Behind

By: Chris Guy
Published On: 10/3/2007 11:16:06 AM

Ask Richard Stuart has a simple excuse about breaking his self-imposed campaign pledge with intentionally misleading attack ads against Albert Pollard.
I view negative as being personal attacks and name calling, which I personally will not do. I have been discussing his record and contrasting our positions, which I think the voters are entitled to.
Exactly. Just like the 1988 "Wille Horton" ads were not negative, just explaining Dukakis' law-enforcement record as Governor of MA. Just like the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" ads were explaining John Kerry's record as a solider in Vietnam. Just like the Allen campaign never went negative against Jim Webb, they only explained his record as an author by highlighting certain graphic passages. See? Not negative.

Albert Pollard is a devout christian who's extremely active in his local church. With that in mind, check out the latest mailer that Stuart and the RPV sent out below. It's a rather nice addition to Richard Stuart's lying, misleading, and downright pathetic campaign. Can you imagine John Chichester resorting to crap like this? Me either.

Comments



Republican tactics (Teddy - 10/3/2007 2:08:50 PM)
for winning run along these lines: 1) Outright lie about your record or intentions and those of your opponent 2) Engage in negative campaigning so as to depress the turnout 3) Utilize caging and challenging of Democratic voters in order to disenfranchise them or refuse to count their votes and 4) Where possible, hack voting machines or cleverly limit the number of machines in Democratic precincts in order to discourage voters therein. 

It worked for the republicans in 2000, 2004, and will probably work for them in 2008. The Virginia elections of 2007 are simply a dress rehearsal for the nationals coming up.  All the publicity about a pro-Democratic surge is more like a concerted effort to lull the stupid Democrats into relaxing their guard: "You can't steal 3 million votes, someone would notice."  Yes, you can, if you plan carefully, precinct by precinct, district by district.



"somebody" (Evan M - 10/3/2007 3:23:45 PM)
What always bothers me is that "somebody" invariably means "somebody else"

I thought it always meant "somebody else" until mid 2006, that's when I realized "government of the people" meant me too.

With a tip-o-the-hat to the entire blogosphere for realizing it means you too.



Expect more of same (hereinva - 10/3/2007 5:57:46 PM)
It certainly is a crock...and riding on the heels of Speaker Bill's declaration that "newcomers" do not share Virginia values. Looks like a targeted piece for a particular voting group (leaning harder to right)..."to get them stirred up".

Incidentally Senator Chichester scored a "failing" VFF grade @ 46% 2004-2005. A lot of Democrats, Independents and moderates came out and supported Chichester in the 2003 Republican primary because the challenger was very conservative. The challenger used LOTS of negative campaign pieces and it blew up in his face.