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As I stated on an earlier thread, Repubs are more inclined to do personal attacks on their opponents, rather than discuss issues. As I type this word, they are talking about Kerry as a "traitor" - he betrayed the other soldiers in Viet Nam. It was the new Swift Boat ad on MSNBC.
But another aspect of Republican strategy is that they plan it longer term than do Democrats. Democrats hear a falsehood from their opponent and they tend to jump on it prematurely and the story loses its punch before it is even discovered to exist. Republicans will put all this information together for a longterm attack and they usually start much more subtly than do Democrats. Democrats do not have the patience or see the necessity to plan longterm negative attacks. Just as the Swift Boat ads were planned in advance to hit Kerry in August.
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