As I see it, we liberals didn't foresee this tactic far enough in advance to put up enough laws and blockades to prevent it's use.
Foresee?
IMHO, it's more likely than not that Democrats already used this tactic, back in 2004. (I don't think a culprit for the Joe-job on Nader was ever identified, but cui bono and the widespread Democrat anger at Nader post-2000, coupled with demographic considerations, make it the most plausible explanation.)
And I would not be at all surprised if that's where the RNCC got the idea; they have certainly put it to far more effective use than the 2004 anti-Nader Joe-ing, but then that's the danger of suggesting dirty tactics to people who are far more proficient than oneself in using such things.
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Date: 2006-11-06 12:02 pm (UTC)Foresee?
IMHO, it's more likely than not that Democrats already used this tactic, back in 2004. (I don't think a culprit for the Joe-job on Nader was ever identified, but cui bono and the widespread Democrat anger at Nader post-2000, coupled with demographic considerations, make it the most plausible explanation.)
And I would not be at all surprised if that's where the RNCC got the idea; they have certainly put it to far more effective use than the 2004 anti-Nader Joe-ing, but then that's the danger of suggesting dirty tactics to people who are far more proficient than oneself in using such things.