irateplatypus

this definitely belongs on Tilted Paranoia.

if not that... then certainly Tilted Nonsense.

of course their rhetoric assumes they will win. showing doubt or worry is an unnecessary show of weakness. if you project any sense of doubt, then your campaign volunteers and voters will also doubt. i watched a documentary on presidential debates yesterday, there was a clip of a political rally where someone said "let me introduce to you, the next President of the United States... John Anderson!" (he ran against both Reagan and Carter in 1980).

you'll hear no different from the Kerry and Nader campaigns... heck, I've even heard it from Sharpton's people before.

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