[abigkahuna]

According to Good Ol Lee Atwater: When infidelities are discovered: • Hide the spouse • Take her off the trail • Block contact • Delete Social Media • Present female spokesperson as intercepting agent for candidate • Keep interceptor with candidate at all times • Deny • Deny • Deny…. until denial is no longer a plausible option ♦ The interceptor is to deflect attention away from the campaign. ♦ The Candidate must not answer direct questions. ♦ Reassert candidate’s humility perspective. This becomes paramount to give space if needed in phase two. Phase Two – Interceptor drops out. When/if the candidate can no longer hide the infidelity, the reasons for prior obfuscation/denial was ‘embarrassment‘. Phase Two ends with re-entry of spouse to deliver the “we will heal / together” speech. Surround candidate’s optic with friends and family; or carefully host private one-on-one interview. http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/03/29/atwater-evasion-video-senator-ted-cruz-dodges-answering-questions-about-infidelity/

[dp0622]

Denial is ALWAYS plausible.

A long time ago my girlfriend at the time found lipstick in my bathroom. I lived alone. And it wasn't hers.

I told her she left it there, she has a bad memory, it was the cat's, she had a concussion long ago that affected her memory of leaving it there, “if i was gonna cheat, do you think i’d leave any evidence behind”, swore on somebody's grave (felt bad about that one) and I forget what else. and she dropped it after about an hour :)

I'm stunned to this day. Wish i could call her and ask “how the hell could you believe me?”

[snarkpup]

Deny • Deny • Deny

This is reminiscent of Bill Clinton's 9-point plan that he used for dealing with this kind of thing:

1. Deny!
2. Deny!
3. Deny!
4. Delay!
5. Delay!
6. Delay!
7. Attack!
8. Attack!
9. Attack!

[DesertRhino]

“• Delete Social Media •”

Lee Atwater, who died in 1991 advised “delete social media”? What a freakin’ visionary he was. lol/s

[silverleaf]

Atwater was quite a character
He’d have loved this campaign