Unfortunately there is a section of the US that is swayed by the tabloid stories.
Think about it. There had to be at least 5 different tabloids when I checked out at store today. Someone is buying them and reading them, on a regular basis, or there would not be more than 1 or 2 (if that).
The average American voter may not be as discerning as we would hope they would.
SO, ignoring the ramifications of the tell-all articles, or lack of, will not help our candidates.
Talking up the ‘have you slept with so-and-so’ liberal hypocrisy, to expose it for what it is, is fighting fire with fire. McCain didn’t bother to do that, while mud was being slung at him on a daily basis.
He took the high road. Look where it got him. His people limited Sarah’s ability to fight back, and she was buried in crap that she did not deserve, and coould not rebut, because she had to play by McCain’s rules.
Obama got all other candidates removed from ballots in his previous elections in Chicago. WHen you are the only one on the ballot, you have a good chance to be elected. His people opened sealed documents and spread the contents all over the place - sitting back quietly is not the answer when dealing with this kind of campaigning.
When they tell a lie often enough without being challenged, people tend to believe it.
America has an odd relationship with the tabloids. People like to read them, but people don’t like to appear in them. And with good reason, if you’re in a tabloid something went very embarrassing with your life.
99% of what you see in the tabloids is rumor based on paparazzi photos.
I’m not ignoring the ramifications of tell all articles, I’m just pointing out that the lack of them for a particular person doesn’t really mean much.
I live in AZ, McCain lost because he’s a no good RINO anti-first amendment jerk and had troubles carrying his own state. I don’t vote for him, I vote against him in the primaries, and abstain from that section of the general.
Obama wasn’t the only one on the ballot in Illinois, and he’s not he one that imploded the IGOP leaving them begging for candidates. Their own sexual peccadilloes and badly run backroom deals did that.