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Given former Bush adviser Karl Rove’s personal history with “the truth” this last decade it’s amusing that his opinion still carries any sort of weight in the media pundit circles. Never-the-less Karl Rove appeared on Fox News Sunday this morning to weigh in on this weekends round of campaign ads and his opinions? [...]

This post won’t truly make sense unless you watch the “offensive” Obama campaign ad first.

For those of you who can’t watch video the transcript follows:
1982.
John McCain goes to Washington.
Things have changed in the last 26 years, but McCain hasn’t:
- He admits he still doesn’t know how to use a computer. (Politico 7/13/08)
- Can’t send an [...]

In the GOP world when you can’t win on the issues you claim elections aren’t about issues, they’re about personalities.  When you can’t win on personalities you go on the attack, you try to make voters fear your opponent. Think of it as “The Political Theory of Stupid”.  It’s crude, it’s offensive, and McCain campaign [...]