On May 29, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Bill O'Connor wrote:
> Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> writes:
>
>> On May 29, 2008, at 8:49 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>>
>>> Mrs. Clinton would not be using disguisting tricks if
>>> they did not work.
>>
>> Except she lost.
>
> I don't consider her bungling of the job to be a repudiation of these
> dirty tactics. Even in imperial America during wartime, their own war
> heroes have been branded as cowards and traitors. (Cleland, Kerry).
How did Cleland and Kerry use race-baiting?
And I don't see how claiming a strategy "works" can withstand the fact that the candidate using them - a strong candidate, who started in the lead and had considerable advantages all along - lost.
Doug