Reply #6: Lakoff's take on negative campaigning from Start Making Sense

[auburngrad82]

The new book put together by Alternet:

Nix: Democrats and progressives seem to find negative campaigning distasteful and like to think they can still be all positive all the time and still win votes.

Lakoff: And they will keep losing as long as they believe that. I mean negative campaigning in the sense of pointing out all the true and truly bad things about the other candidate.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1931498849/qid=1119971422/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-6084784-7139069?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

The book features articles and interviews by dozens of leading progressives. I think everyone should read it. In fact, I wish we could raise enough money to buy a copy of the book for every Democratic Senator and Congressman. They might learn a little about how people feel.