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Originally Posted by Sparhawk
I don't think the public swallows the BS down here, just the 24-hour media feeding frenzy - scumbag journalists so desperate for something to talk about in the slow month of August that they jumped on a 500,000$ ad buy in 3 states and turned it into a 2 weeklong orgy. Every person I know, republican and democrat, knows this garbage for what it is.
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I don't know about that, dude. The recent polls show slippage and indicate that Kerry is taking hits for this. People on this board are twisting all over the place to justify it or explain it away--I haven't seen any previous supporters come out and say enough is enough.
While I think that the uptick in Bush's numbers are due to repubs coming out and getting picked up on the radar, and not people being swayed, my point is that those people who previously supported Bush and decried negative campaigning haven't said shit about all his negative tactics. Instead, they present all kinds of reasons as to why it isn't negative or is somehow acceptable regardless.
You get what I'm saying? It's not that I think people are changing their minds about kerry based on bs, but that I'm surprised that people aren't chastising bush for engaging in it. For example, the fact that it's even an issue is ridiculous and shows the shallow mindset of much of the public. They are saying it's an issue to them when polled, it's not something we can just lay at the spinmeisters' feet.
Oh, and Sparhawk, your point that everyone you know realizes it's really BS doesn't console me too much because I suspect that you keep pretty good company
