tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103838.post2693005114713840622..comments2023-09-22T04:26:10.501-05:00Comments on Journal of Post-Ralphaelite Thought: Experts agree: McCain is a lying bastardDr Ralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103838.post-51343622934418660832008-09-21T22:24:00.000-05:002008-09-21T22:24:00.000-05:00Indeed, Johnson was a crafty pol (that's probably ...Indeed, Johnson was a crafty pol (that's probably generous) but many say the modern era of dirty politics began when Newt Gingrich, as head of GOPAC, issued a memo entitled <A HREF="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4443.htm" REL="nofollow">"Language: A Key Mechanism of Control"</A>, a guide to how to demonize their Democratic opponents.Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103838.post-25332305679214045822008-09-19T05:39:00.000-05:002008-09-19T05:39:00.000-05:00Dr.,This is why I get so bent out of shape over th...Dr.,<BR/>This is why I get so bent out of shape over the exagerrated global warming claims, believe it or not. <BR/><BR/>Politicians, and those who they serve, have discovered that objective reality isn't important. What's important is too say something totally outrageous first. <BR/><BR/>There's a story about LBJ going over campaign strategy with one of his minions (you and Dan left him out of your roll of Rovian honor, BTW), and Johnson proposes that they go to the media with the story that his opponent is a homosexual. <BR/>"We can't do that," the advisor says. "He's not a homosexual." <BR/>And Johnson says, "Yeah, but let's make the sonofabitch deny it." <BR/><BR/>That's what the game is now about.The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103838.post-74891289968657859222008-09-15T07:02:00.000-05:002008-09-15T07:02:00.000-05:00You are correct - this not an exclusively Rovian m...You are correct - this not an exclusively Rovian manuever. The late Lee Atwater showed himself a master of it years ago. And of course, Nixon. <BR/><BR/>Once again the Republicans show there is no vat of shit so slimy and fetid they will not climb into if they think it will advance their cause. <BR/><BR/>We are now witnessing the tragedy of John McCain, who I once had a fair amount of respect for (which is not the same as agreeing with), peel away the layers of his soul in service to his ambition. <BR/><BR/>An object lesson for all of us, whether he wins or loses.Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103838.post-25049901745745186162008-09-14T13:16:00.000-05:002008-09-14T13:16:00.000-05:00You know, this is the McCain people adopting the o...You know, this is the McCain people adopting the old -- and not exclusively Rovian -- strategy of inventing its own reality. The calculation is if that you shovel fast enough and bury people in a deep enough pile of this manure, they'll kill themselves in the mere effort to dig themselves out. The scary thing is that this *is* the strategy Rove perfected for Bush-Cheney, and it worked. Remember the old Ron Suskind article in The New York Times Magazine in which an unnamed senior administration operative talked dismissively of "the reality-based community." I think it's important that we all point and wave and shout when we see this happening, and encourage our media, such as they are, to do the same. It's the only way not to get buried.Dan Brekkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03261150572253464576noreply@blogger.com