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Cali Coug · 10-27-2006, 08:16 PM

http://drudgereport.com/flashaw.htm

This kind of campaigning really sickens me. If Web's novels were an issue worthy of consideration in the campaign, Allen would have brought them up a long time ago. They have been publicly available for decades. It isn't as if Allen just learned about this stuff.

He chose to sit on the information until the end of the campaign and then try to win the campaign on something other than substance. He isn't the only one who does garbage like this, but it is consistenly bad for the country and the voters.

MikeWaters · 10-27-2006, 08:24 PM

that's why it is good for Romney that this BYU mini-scandal already came out.

Although I'm sure it will be resurrected later if Romney is a threat. Meaning that right now it hasn't gotten enough traction that most people actually know about it. If people knew about it, it would be defused.

non sequitur · 10-27-2006, 08:45 PM

I'm more disturbed by the quality of the writing than I am by the content, although I was intrigued by that banana trick. I wonder if she gets to write off the cost of those bananas, because if I'm an IRS auditor and I see someone writing off bananas as a business expense, I'd be more than a little skeptical. I'd most likely insist on a demonstration.

Cali Coug · 10-27-2006, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by non sequitur

I'm more disturbed by the quality of the writing than I am by the content, although I was intrigued by that banana trick. I wonder if she gets to write off the cost of those bananas, because if I'm an IRS auditor and I see someone writing off bananas as a business expense, I'd be more than a little skeptical. I'd most likely insist on a demonstration.

lol! You've gotta do your job...

Archaea · 10-27-2006, 08:55 PM

The first cutout disturbed me with the boy. Politicians will wait until their opponents can't respond, but the banana scene left me laughing. The first one was deplorable.

SteelBlue · 10-27-2006, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by non sequitur

I'm more disturbed by the quality of the writing than I am by the content,

"...his eyes were red, as if burned by fire." Ugh.

Cali Coug · 10-27-2006, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

"...his eyes were red, as if burned by fire." Ugh.

Yeah, no question he isn't much of a novelist. Then again, he isn't running for "Author of the United States."

The only way I see Webb surviving this is if he immediately releases an ad that explains he was writing about the horrors of Vietnam, something he would know about but Allen would not (having not served).

Of course, that is exactly the problem with this kind of garbage campaigning. The only response is another negative response (which engenders yet another and another).

In the end, the voter doesn't have a clue about issues, but they can tell you sordid details from a novel or the military record of candidates from 40 years ago.

Archaea · 10-27-2006, 09:17 PM

When the voters don't care or even understand the issues, but would rather watch Oprah listening to lurid details, what do you expect politicians to do?

Cali Coug · 10-27-2006, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

When the voters don't care or even understand the issues, but would rather watch Oprah listening to lurid details, what do you expect politicians to do?

Democracy needs an educated electorate to succeed.

Archaea · 10-27-2006, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by hoyacoug

Democracy needs an educated electorate to succeed.

What about federated republics?

10-27-2006, 08:16 PM	#1
Cali Coug Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,996	Webb's campaign about to take a huge hit http://drudgereport.com/flashaw.htm This kind of campaigning really sickens me. If Web's novels were an issue worthy of consideration in the campaign, Allen would have brought them up a long time ago. They have been publicly available for decades. It isn't as if Allen just learned about this stuff. He chose to sit on the information until the end of the campaign and then try to win the campaign on something other than substance. He isn't the only one who does garbage like this, but it is consistenly bad for the country and the voters.

10-27-2006, 08:45 PM	#3
non sequitur Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,964	I'm more disturbed by the quality of the writing than I am by the content, although I was intrigued by that banana trick. I wonder if she gets to write off the cost of those bananas, because if I'm an IRS auditor and I see someone writing off bananas as a business expense, I'd be more than a little skeptical. I'd most likely insist on a demonstration. __________________ ...You've been under attack for days, there's a soldier down, he's wounded, gangrene's setting in, 'Who's used all the penicillin?' 'Oh, Mark Paxson sir, he's got knob rot off of some tart.'" - Gareth Keenan

10-27-2006, 08:55 PM	#5
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	The first cutout disturbed me with the boy. Politicians will wait until their opponents can't respond, but the banana scene left me laughing. The first one was deplorable. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

10-27-2006, 09:17 PM	#8
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	When the voters don't care or even understand the issues, but would rather watch Oprah listening to lurid details, what do you expect politicians to do? __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

10-27-2006, 08:24 PM	#2
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	that's why it is good for Romney that this BYU mini-scandal already came out. Although I'm sure it will be resurrected later if Romney is a threat. Meaning that right now it hasn't gotten enough traction that most people actually know about it. If people knew about it, it would be defused.