Submitted by JustJohnny on Tue, 2006/01/31 - 10:28pm.
....for an issues page! Why, oh why, would you want to take a stance on something? You might offend/put-off a potential voter...
....on the other hand...you might build on your base if you take a stance. But then again, red state or at least more red people vote, so why piss off irritate either colored voter until after the primaries?
The end game is getting elected; why play hard while you’re warming up?
Heh. Indeed. But maybe it's better to keep quiet and have your supporters say stuff like this on your behalf:
http://kuritaforsenate.blogspot.com/2005/12/demystifying-racism.html
....for an issues page! Why, oh why, would you want to take a stance on something? You might offend/put-off a potential voter...
....on the other hand...you might build on your base if you take a stance. But then again, red state or at least more red people vote, so why
piss offirritate either colored voter until after the primaries?The end game is getting elected; why play hard while you’re warming up?
Some people actually base votes and party affiliation on, I don't know, trivial things like ethics, or a closely-held sense of right and wrong.
Seems to me like anything else is the worst sort of appealing to folks' most base instincts.
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