General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Why Ron Paul attracts some liberals. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)I said exactly what I intended to say about a topic that I have written about long before coming to DU.
YOU narrowed it down to DU rather than addressing the much broader subject that I was addressing. You missed the whole point. Everything is NOT about DU. In fact, most things are not about DU.
Yes, there are people on DU, on DK, on the street, and everywhere else who are led to believe that using these tactics is good politics. It is not. It is weak, it loses elections.
Rand Paul, remember him?? How did the politics of personal destruction work in that race? It made people cringe and it had the opposite effect. It disgusted people and for those on the fence, it was probably a deciding factor. Support the guy everyone is punching.
He is now a Senator when it could have been a Democrat. Stupid, stupid tactics and our loss.
How about Clinton? Was the public clamoring for him to step down as a result of the politics of personal destruction aimed at him?? He left office as one of the most popular presidents ever. It was a complete failure.
You think that sinking to the level of Rush Limbaugh is being 'tough'. Limbaugh, Fox and the Swift Boaters are WEAK. The only reason they got any traction was because Democrats failed to deal with them.
There is nothing that demonstrates weakness more than resorting to personal attacks. People see through it, they don't like it and it generally backfires. I want to WIN. I don't like the fact that once again we are heading towards an election with stupid, moronic tactics coming from idiotic political operatives in DC who badly need to be reigned in.
And since you so want to talk about DU, let's do so. Has a single mind been changed here by the repeated attacks on Glenn Greenwald? When someone continues to use a failed tactic, all that happens is they discredit themselves.
And who said anything about being polite?? Asking for strength to deal with weakness is not asking for 'polite'. You seem to think that yelling 'you're a jerk' is strong. All I can say is 'no wonder we lose elections'. We are up against COWARDS who should be easily defeated. But if these are the tactics and anyone who looks half sane is the candidate from the right, I can see another defeat heading our way. And that is why Ron Paul should be USED, not ATTACKED.