Do YOU understand MOST BASIC rule of POLITICS? When tactic is IMITATED its effectiveness drops exponentially?
488256
I understand your theory but do not believe it to be true. Dirty politics's have been used by both party's for years, and it just depends on the delivery as to whether it is effective or not.
423698
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863349
I do not agree.  The politician only fails if he/she does not represent his constituents in a way that most benefits them.  Only if the politican believes his words are more important than his/her deeds does he set him/herself up to fail, because no matter what a good job representing his constituents he does, he is likely to say something that one side or the other does not like.
478546
You are either with us are against us! you dont believe in that do you? thats the same line we've fallen for for centuries. stalin, mao, cheng, wassalib, hitler, poipot, melosovic, il & leone have all used that to commit terrible things while in power. heres another slogan for ya, 'those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit attrocities'.
934634
It is very effective in the short term, which is why so many politicians do it.  It actually does not change that many votes, however; it just keeps the opponent's supporters home on Election Day.\n\nSuppose I was a candidate for the "Republi-crat" party.  Slinging mud at my opponent, the "Demo-can," would not make many other Demo-cans support me.  Instead, they would not vote at all or not vote for either one of us.  And that's almost as good as getting them to switch.  \n\nFor example, if there are 1,000 registered voters, half Republi-crats and half Demo-cans,  and all of them turn up to vote, I would need 501 votes to get elected.  But if I can make 200 people decide to stay home, I only need to get 401 votes (half of the 800 people who do vote).  So my supporters will turn up, and the Demo-cans won't, and I win.  \n\nWhat is so terrible about negative campaigning, however, is the same thing that makes it work.  People stop voting, because they become unhappy with all of the candidates and all the people who are elected.  That's why it seems like we can't get anything done, because everyone is out to find a "Got'cha" moment.  \n\nAnd democracy simply cannot survive in a society that doesn't support the electoral process and the legitimacy of those who are elected.  So, the short term effects of negative campaigning benefit those who ultimately get elected that way, but they hurt the nation overall.  We have too many politicians in office, and fewer and fewer statesmen.\n\nGood luck!! (We all need it, especially today.)
738361
It seems to me so, they seek defeat rather than look for victory.  You can see it in their speeches and their post.  They would rather have a loss no matter what the damage to our intenational immage might be.  It is plain and simple when the going gets tough, their motto is to quit.  And unfortunatly that is what our enemies are counting on and it seems the libs are bound and determined to deliver.
305665
If she's a leader it's a tactic that has worked for her in the past.  I guess point out where it isn't working for her anymore.
614921
Simple.\nALL Politicians are M O R O N S
605929
How can you hate politics?  Politics today are the same as they have always been, that is, politics is a system of societal intercourse which we use to find solutions to challenges so that we simply don’t shoot each other.  Politics are not evil in and of themselves.  \n\nCertainly some people use the political system for personal gain without regard to compromise and solutions to societal problems.  However, the fault is not with such people, but the fault is with those who do not become active within the system.  Opting out, as some do, is the sign of a beast that is dead, non-effective.  Proactive participants interact with the system, and thereby with other people in the system to make needed changes.  Those who do not become proactive may as well not exist.  It is like a person who has become sterilized, they will never have an impact on the genetic growth of the species.
839886
Very funny question. When a neo-con is attacked, he rolls a dice and follows the instructions below:\n\n(1) call the attacker a traitor\n(2) question the attacker's patriotism\n(3) cite a higher authority\n(4) insist that the attacker doesn't understand the issue\n(5) blame Bill Clinton\n(6) talk about attacking another country in order to shift attention.\n\nThe real problem is, this has worked just fine up until Nov 7th.
641684
Ok, for those who have answered the following:\n\n- Moral persuasion\n- convince them that it's evil\n- diplomatic pressure\n\nI'd like to say "in what sugar coated world do you live?"\n\nThe warlords SHOOT people who are trying to get food.  People who have little children to feed.  Do you honestly think they are unaware of what they are doing?  Please.\n\nAs for diplomatic pressure?  Do you have any idea how silly that is?  They KILL their people.  They don't hand out surveys and take note of constructive critism.  Anyone talks out, bang, they're dead.  Someone says you said something, bang he's dead and bang you're dead.\n\nThe grim reality is that these people are inherantly evil.  When you have people like this, the only solution is to kill them, or remove them by force.\n\nThe only way to do this is war.\n\nBTW:  To whomever posted "oh, we have to find oil and we're there".  Pick up a book and do a bit of research about the war in Iraq.  You might actually learn something besides anti-war biased hype.  :D
966615
Once elected, the government can do what it like - and it will! There are very few examples, when the policies reflect some kind of political ideology, more examples of corruption and of politicians being tangled up in a spiderweb of favours and lots of cases, which demonstrate that in reality it's often the powerful bosses of the big companies, who dictate many of our policies.\n\nThe only time, when public pressure is of any importance at all, is directly before the elections. Very sad!
662562
There agenda is just like "Brain" ...."What are we going to do tonight Brain"..."The same thing we do EVERY night Pinky...Try to take over the world!"...Tyrants are greedy and have no care for the people "beneath" them, as long as we do as we are told. They are manipulative con-men, that lie, kill, and twist perception.
1062392
That is the ideal isn't it.\nBut the culture has changed, very radically.\n\nWhen fact and reason end,  slogan and name calling begin.\n\nBesides there are diffrences of opinion, its just that most uneducated people only respond to  soundbytes without  fact or information to back it.\n\nwhen you get into a soundbyte style of politics, only the greater good is lost.\n\nI want to talk to intellectual opponents who present fact, figures and argue a good case...\n\nwhen that doesn't happen  i take what i get and give as good as i get.
803835
yes, in order to be a politician, you have to be a great manipulator, but not a liar... in fact, nobody can tell the truth everytime, so what politicians do is to tell the truth in a way that it is convenient. I see nothing wrong with that. Instead of saying "I hate you", they may say "I don't like you very much"
69787
To prove your point...they don't know crap.\n"Politically Stupid"
647002
Those steps are well outlined but it is a psychologial war of wills once you have come into a position of power. Can your deception outwiegh your corruption? If so you will succeed. Temporarily.