Comments on: Reflections on Indiana, and Why We Have to Spin http://acandidworld.com/2008/05/06/reflections-on-indiana-and-why-we-have-to-spin/ Democracy in America Fri, 04 May 2012 12:12:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ames http://acandidworld.com/2008/05/06/reflections-on-indiana-and-why-we-have-to-spin/#comment-2933 Thu, 08 May 2008 05:14:47 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-2933 The point of the Limbaugh example is that, yes, America wants a candidate who avoids the negativity, but that it can occur behind the scenes, at arm’s-length from the candidate him (her) self.

]]> By: Progressive Conservative http://acandidworld.com/2008/05/06/reflections-on-indiana-and-why-we-have-to-spin/#comment-2934 Thu, 08 May 2008 01:35:21 +0000 http://acandidworld.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-2934 More importantly, though, it’s time to build the party, and the evidence still suggests that we’ll have to play dirty in the general election. Let’s make our peace with that fact and do it.

Ames, you keep trying to rationalize the necessity of dirty politics, but let me mention a comment made by Chris Matthews this morning. There were only two presidential candidates in this election who made a point to avoid negative politics, John McCain and Barack Obama. Looks like America rewarded them.

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