From a NYT article about Kerry's floundering campaign:

At a recent meeting of senior staff members, Democrats said, Mr. Kerry's aides became entangled in a lengthy debate over what might seem to be a less than urgent issue: whether they should send a Democratic operative to Bush rallies dressed as Pinocchio, a chicken or a mule, to illustrate various lines of attacks Democrats want to use against Mr. Bush. (They say they want to portray him as a liar, a draft avoider and stubborn.)
If a Democrat political operative were to do that, they'd probably be mostly ignored by everyone except the media.

But try to imagine a Republican operative doing something similar at this rally... they'd be torn to shreds.

2 Comments

Carllosthismind said:

It seems as though politics have gone back to elementary school.

"Don't vote for Bush, he's Do-do Head"
"Don't vote for Kerry, he plays ball like a girl"

Politics have gone from being about issues to totally being about image. This is something our country needs to fix before it goes the way of the Roman Empire: King, Republic, Totalitarian rule, colapse.

Carl

C: It's nothing new. People vote for people, not issues.

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