[mimaw]

I think we are going to lose big time if the face of John McCains campaign is the Cunninghams of this world. Wildly hurling unconfirmed accusations instead of civilly arguing issues that are on our side is a big mistake this time around. I believe most people in this country want more out of our politics then whats gone on for the last 16 yrs. I think most of the mushy middle whose votes we have to attract are tired of Clinton style politics and BDS and will not look kindly at our side if all we do is hurl personal insults and attack a candidate who campaigns on a platform of hope and bringing people together. We have good issues to argue reducing spending, national security, how to create the climate for job growth and a plan for the future of SS. We need to keep the cost of medical care from sky rocketing more than it has and do something about our energy needs. This is whats important to the American people. We can’t beat this guy with insults and innuendo.

[levotb]

In a perfect p.c. world, you could be right, mimaw. Politics used to be fun and nasty—until the p.c.ers on the left got a hold of it in the ‘70s. The Cunninghams of the world are sorely missed by a lot of us, not so much because he’s a conservative (I’m probably far more to the right than he is, by the way) but because he gets people’s interest going in an otherwise B-O-R-I-N-G race with, unfortunately, the best people having dropped out (for reasons many astute FR’s have described on other threads).