Let me see if I have this straight:
Dean's dirty tricks
- Two Dean campaign workers, (former volunteers-amateurs?, but paid by Dean's Iowa organization, big bucks I sure), walked into Kerry campaign headquarters, pretended they were Iowa residents and asked questions about the Kerry campaign with the hope of seeing Kerry's telephone script?
- Months ago someone from the Dean campaign called an Iowa official to find out the residency requirements for participating in the Iowa caucuses. "Can one list a hotel as an address?"?
- Dean volunteers left Dean campaign leaflets on the cars at a Clark campaign event?
Do I have it correct? These are Dean's dirty tricks?
Well, damn, I think Dean should withdraw from the race.
Shame! Shame on Dean!
If this is best Dean can do he doesn't deserve the presidency! He's nothing but a not ready for prime time amatuer!
And to think I thought Dean was a professional.
TAKE NOTES PEOPLE!
Professional Dirty Tricks
- Breaking into your opponents campaign headquarters in the middle of the night to steal strategy files. Now that's dirty! (Nixon,72)
- Going back again because the planted listening devices stopped working, now that's dirty! But demostrates a serious desire to win! Now that's dirty! (Nixon,72)
- Running a negative ad in the last 24 hours before the election accusing your opponent of advocating tax policy he doesn't. Now that's dirty. (Bush,88)
- Running ads equating a decorated triple amputee war hero with Osma bin Ladin. Now that's dirty! (Chandler,02)
- Accusing your opponent of intentionally releasing rapists and murders into the community on weekend furloughs, now that's dirty! (Bush,88)
- Running an ad suggesting your opponent would use the bomb, when the whole country is scared shitless to start with, now that's dirty! (Johnson,68)
- Using negative push polling to spread false rumors about your opponents. Now that's dirty!(pick your favorite repug)
- Disclosing the wife of an opponent as a covert CIA agent and putting her life in danger.
Now that's dirty! (Bush,03)
GET SOME BACKBONE PEOPLE!!!!! THIS AIN'T BEAN BAG!!!!!
And if you're going to get all freaked out about Dean's "dirty tricks" can we atleast wait until he commits one?,
