Vander Plaats' campaign: "We cannot compete financially"

Des Moines Examiner ^ | 1/19/2009 | Kevin Hall

[bigred08]

In "The Art of War", Sun Tzu stresses the importance of building and maintaining momentum. If he were viewing Bob Vander Plaats' campaign to become Iowa's next governor, Sun Tzu would surmise that he is losing, because he has lost all momentum.

[Crichton]

FYI, this is an attack job opinion piece written by a blogger who is opposed to Bob Vander Plaats.

[bigred08]

What part of it is untrue?

[Crichton]

The whole thing is a snide opinion piece. Are you asking me to prove that this blogger’s opinion is false?

The article boils down to: Vander Plaats will not raise as much money as Branstad, so he has to have better organization. And the blogger thinks Vander Plaats is a worm.

Oh, I’m sorry, do you know this idiot blogger? Any particular reason you’re supporting the “moderate” Branstad and posting attacks on the conservative Vander Plaats?

[Lady Heron]

More likely since this is not just a single state forum he is trying to figure out what it actually means to your state and what the parties involved fall politically.

Try a little explanation before the put downs next time....would be more helpful to those from other states or countries.

[Lady Heron]

Oops...where the the parties involved fall politically.

[nonliberal]

BVP is a certifiable nutcase to begin with.

[Crichton]

More likely since this is not just a single state forum he is trying to figure out what it actually means to your state and what the parties involved fall politically.

A quick look at his posting history would demonstrate that is not the case.

Try a little investigation before the put-downs, next time.