> 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?
Neither of them did, they were both the *victims* of smear tactics.
> 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.
Can you see how my cell phone works, unless I drop it in a puddle? The Clinton campaign simply botched their smear campaign.