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Undertoad · 05-21-2002, 06:49 PM

Anyway, on seeing the turnout at our local precinct, Rendell is sure to win this thing, and the Casey era may be over. Which would be a great thing.

Y'see, the only reason Casey Sr. won was because he had a certain Democratic strategist on his side: one James Carville. They concocted and ran a last-minute ad attacking their Republican opponent for his teenage indulgence in Transcendental Meditation, and won.

It was an incredible ad. It was the lowest thing I have ever seen. They found pics of the guy in long hair on his college campus and blew them up for the screen. Fake newspaper headlines, scary professional announcer, the whole nine yards. And it was utterly effective, scaring the public silly and causing them to vote for Casey Sr. as the very last minute.

I mean the whole thing was timed perfectly. The ad ran the weekend before the election. There was no time for reporters to get a reaction, no time for editorial writers to write about it or question it.

The Casey Sr. victory made Carville the rising star of political consultants, eventually leading to his management, and victory, of the campaign of Clinton '92.

The Casey Sr. victory also created political shockwaves when they wondered whether there was a new streak of Democrats who were pro-life. There weren't; it was just a big loser, who should have lost but for the meanest, most vicious campaign manager ever to walk the earth.

05-21-2002, 06:49 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Anyway, on seeing the turnout at our local precinct, Rendell is sure to win this thing, and the Casey era may be over. Which would be a great thing. Y'see, the only reason Casey Sr. won was because he had a certain Democratic strategist on his side: one James Carville. They concocted and ran a last-minute ad attacking their Republican opponent for his teenage indulgence in Transcendental Meditation, and won. It was an incredible ad. It was the lowest thing I have ever seen. They found pics of the guy in long hair on his college campus and blew them up for the screen. Fake newspaper headlines, scary professional announcer, the whole nine yards. And it was utterly effective, scaring the public silly and causing them to vote for Casey Sr. as the very last minute. I mean the whole thing was timed perfectly. The ad ran the weekend before the election. There was no time for reporters to get a reaction, no time for editorial writers to write about it or question it. The Casey Sr. victory made Carville the rising star of political consultants, eventually leading to his management, and victory, of the campaign of Clinton '92. The Casey Sr. victory also created political shockwaves when they wondered whether there was a new streak of Democrats who were pro-life. There weren't; it was just a big loser, who should have lost but for the meanest, most vicious campaign manager ever to walk the earth.