Reply #5: I was expecting attacks

[Mz Pip]

but I don't think I was really prepared for such intensity this early. I certainly remember the number they did on McCain in the primaries and it was brutal.

Clark took an interesting strategy for his campaign by emphsiszing the need to put constructive and positive debate back into politics. I can only hope that the Rove machine will end up looking as petty and mean spirited as they are to the rest of the country. People say they are turned off by negative politics but then negative politics work. I can only hope that BushCo has crossed the line with their trashing of Clark.

And you are right about it working, even on us. Clark voted Republican in the past so he is now somehow suspect. We all loved it when Jeffords jumped ship. We thought he was terrific but we are somehow being manipulated to believe that Clark switching parties is somehow a bad thing. His words are being parsed, analyed, taken out of context in a manner that is misleading and disingenuous.

We'll see what happens. If Clark does well in the debates, I expect the attacks to intensify. THis will get uglier and ugiler.

MzPip
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