With stratagems like these ...(Devil in the Details)(Republican campaign tactics)
American Prospect, The, May, 2004 by Dubner, Jeffrey
WHILE MOST ATTENTION to Republican campaign tactics focuses on dirty tricks and coded appeals to the base, it's worth highlighting the third prong of the strategy: comically lame grass-roots efforts. Observe:
The Sloganator. Why hand out markers and poster board when you can offer personalized PDFs with official Bush-Cheney '04 logos right there on the Bush campaign's Web site? The Sloganator may have initially produced a few harmless "Debutantes for Bush" signs, but the readers of www.wonkette.com soon corrupted the innocent poster generator. Decency standards ...
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