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2016 Postmortem

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts) Sun Oct 11, 2015, 02:10 AM Oct 2015

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Karl Rove pioneered the political tactic of attacking the strengths of an opponent

It's both enlightening and entertaining watching a poster who unfavorably compared Hillary Clinton to Karl Rove apply the Rovian attack-the-strength tactic right here in GD-P.

Swiftboating, it's not just for Republicans any more.

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Karl Rove pioneered the political tactic of attacking the strengths of an opponent (Original Post) Fumesucker Oct 2015 OP

It is entertaining, isn't it? beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #1

Wait Hillary has strengths? Fearless Oct 2015 #2

Establishment support is her strength jfern Oct 2015 #3

An excellent point to make. eom planetc Oct 2015 #4

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)

1. It is entertaining, isn't it?

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Sun Oct 11, 2015, 02:11 AM

Oct 2015

Smells like desperation to me.

Fearless

(18,421 posts)

2. Wait Hillary has strengths?

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Sun Oct 11, 2015, 03:39 AM

Oct 2015

jfern

(5,204 posts)

3. Establishment support is her strength

Reply to Fearless (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 11, 2015, 06:20 AM

Oct 2015

planetc

(7,814 posts)

4. An excellent point to make. eom

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Sun Oct 11, 2015, 07:42 AM

Oct 2015

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