Posted on 11/01/2010 4:45:58 PM PDT by jfd1776
Join us as Pavel learns how Democrats mislead the voters through direct mail, both statewide, and in neighborhoods like Illinois’ 54th state representative district…
... “What’s on your mind, Pavel?”
Pavel handed him the flyer. It was a full size, full-color brochure with Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Mike Labno on both sides, slamming Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk for voting for “Cap and Trade.” Inside, it presented Kirk’s and Labno’s respective positions, then closed with a plug for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias. The return address was that of the Lake County Democratic Party.
The Boss chuckled. “Yup, clever ad, huh?”
“No,” said Pavel. “I mean, I suppose it must be clever; they wouldn’t spend this kind of money printing and mailing a piece like this if they weren’t sure it would be effective. But I don’t understand it. It just doesn’t make any sense to me.”
The Boss smiled. “Where to begin? It’s a hit piece, a negative piece, like a thousand others. There are always negative pieces at the end of a campaign, especially the last weekend when the candidates don’t have time to respond. You can’t always win with nice fluffy positive stuff; sometimes you have to draw a little blood.”
“Why, Boss?”
“Well, it’s not my specialty, of course… you’d want to talk to Dave Axelrod, James Carville, you know, the pros, for a real lesson on this. But I’ll do what I can.”
The Boss settled back in his sumptuous leather chair and lit a cigar.
...Continue reading in Illinois Review...
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...whatever it takes to mislead the voters.
This has been a great series with “Paulie” Brings me back to the time I worked in that cesspool of Chicago/Illinois politics. Thanks, John.
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