Over the top and beneath contempt
By ROGER SIMON
Politico.com
8/11/09
Today, we live in the age of rabid response.
Not rapid response. Rapid response was yesterday. Rapid response was the political tactic of responding quickly to all attacks, no matter how outrageous or unbelievable.
Those who did not respond rapidly, those who told themselves the public would not believe outright lies, failed to win higher office. (Thus Democrats still blame John Kerry for not responding rapidly enough in 2004 to the attacks of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.)
Rabid response is different.
The purpose of rabid response is to scorch the earth, to raise the stakes, to go nuclear in the hope that your opponent will be so shellshocked he can make no response at all. The purpose of rabid response is to grab the public by the throat and not let go.
Have concerns over Barack Obama’s health care plan? I don’t doubt it. The plan is very long and very complicated and still a work in progress.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/25991.html
Politico.com
8/11/09
Today, we live in the age of rabid response.
Not rapid response. Rapid response was yesterday. Rapid response was the political tactic of responding quickly to all attacks, no matter how outrageous or unbelievable.
Those who did not respond rapidly, those who told themselves the public would not believe outright lies, failed to win higher office. (Thus Democrats still blame John Kerry for not responding rapidly enough in 2004 to the attacks of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.)
Rabid response is different.
The purpose of rabid response is to scorch the earth, to raise the stakes, to go nuclear in the hope that your opponent will be so shellshocked he can make no response at all. The purpose of rabid response is to grab the public by the throat and not let go.
Have concerns over Barack Obama’s health care plan? I don’t doubt it. The plan is very long and very complicated and still a work in progress.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/25991.html
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