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Originally Posted by conus
And in the 88 election negative campaigning worked, and they did it by appealing to the to the basest prejudices of the morons who bought it. "If you vote for me, I won't allow negroes to fuck your wife," is essentially what they said.
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Uh, don't suppose you have those ads on file, do you?
I remember the Reps stressing the penbal system of Mass under Dukakis and things like that, but the whole wife fucked by negroes thing must have escaped my attention.
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It worked and the situation is worse now.
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Ya, it worked so well that voter turnout has been declining ever since.
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Reading habits and literacy have declined significantly in just the last twenty years. Tricks that might have been suspect in 1980 work like a charm today. But in this case the Democrats don't have to lie or appeal to baser instincts. All they have to do is tell the truth about George W. Bush.
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2000 election: 2 moderate candidates who just played middle of the road and tried not to stir waters. The campaigns were just attacking the personalities of each other. What was the result? 40% voter turnout.
Look at commercial advertisers. They will tell you why you should buy their product and might mention their competitor's short comings in a head to head comparison.
And people seem to be a lot more eager to spend money than to vote.