FUD... All the GOP has left..

Fear, Uncertanty, Doubt. It seems like that's all the GOP has left. It seems that's all they've given us throughout this entire election, but especially now in the last few weeks.

Obama wasn't born in the United States... Doubt him.

Obama isn't prepared or tested to be President... Uncertainty..

Obama is a Moslem... Fear him.

Obama is a socialist.. Fear him.

Obama will create the largest tax increases in the history of the country.. Fear him.

Obama will make the economic crisis we created worse... Fear him.

Obama can't be trusted to protect us... Fear him.

This FUD is tried and true GOP strategy. Fear the party out of power, cause although you know we're bad, Those guys are worse.

With the tightenning of the polls, It's looking like this is pretty good strategy too..

It depends on how the polling is done.

If the tabulation is only Senator McCain or Senator Obama, with anyone who responds with a different name, undecided or another parties vote not being tabulated.

It is plausible to believe that some of the race tightening is the result of more people being turned off by the campaigns of the top two and taking their vote elsewhere.

It is also plausible that the press wants to keep the race close now so that they can continue to generate media regarding the campaign (it's easy, low hanging fruit).

FEAR is one of the few human emotions that will truly move a person to act. It's literally that simple. The GOP understands that and has for a very long time. It's worked for them in the past, so they go back to it again. Not sure why this would surprise anyone.

Nah they have Joe...you know the guy who would get a tax cut from Obama even if he bought the plumbing business and the guy who would benefit from Obama's healthcare reforms.

The icon of the McCain campaign, ironically benefits more from an Obama Presidency, and yet they still champion him.

However, sarcasm aside, JMS I agree with you completely; McCain has no new or even better ideas and as a result his polls are falling in all the places that matter. You know, "fake America".

So the Dems use Empty Rhetoric and the GOP combats it with FUD.

It's hard to see how anybody can get behind either party.

Fear, Uncertanty, Doubt. It seems like that's all the GOP has left. It seems that's all they've given us throughout this entire election, but especially now in the last few weeks.

Obama wasn't born in the United States... Doubt him.

Obama isn't prepared or tested to be President... Uncertainty..

Obama is a Moslem... Fear him.

Obama is a socialist.. Fear him.

Obama will create the largest tax increases in the history of the country.. Fear him.

Obama will make the economic crisis we created worse... Fear him.

Obama can't be trusted to protect us... Fear him.

This FUD is tried and true GOP strategy. Fear the party out of power, cause although you know we're bad, Those guys are worse.

With the tightenning of the polls, It's looking like this is pretty good strategy too..

McCain is the oldest candidate in history and will die....fear that

McCain already has cancer and will die....fear that

"McSame" is going to to do the same thing Bush has done...fear that

McCain will favor the rich over the rest of the country

McCain doesn't know anything about the economy...

It is the same for both sides

So the Dems use Empty Rhetoric and the GOP combats it with FUD.

It's hard to see how anybody can get behind either party.

How is it empty rhetoric? I mean, Obama doesn't even get a chance to actually DO what he says he's going to do? That's a little defeatist.

McCain is the oldest candidate in history and will die....fear that

McCain already has cancer and will die....fear that

"McSame" is going to to do the same thing Bush has done...fear that

McCain will favor the rich over the rest of the country

McCain doesn't know anything about the economy...

It is the same for both sides

Those are questions on issues though, for the most part. Its different than saying someone is a terrorist.

And as for the McCain will die thing... that can honestly be put into the same category. I'd agree with that. But I don't hear Obama saying that. Honestly, there has been ONE ad, to my knowledge, about McCain's health and age, and it wasn't from the obama campaign.

McCain is the oldest candidate in history and will die....fear that

McCain already has cancer and will die....fear that

"McSame" is going to to do the same thing Bush has done...fear that

McCain will favor the rich over the rest of the country

McCain doesn't know anything about the economy...

It is the same for both sides

See here's where you are presenting misinformation, because while Obama's campaign uses less than 1/3 negative attacks and the other 2/3's of his campaign are positive to his ideas and proposals, in fact the Obama channel has no negative attacks on it. Now, in contrast the McCain campaign for the last week of September and first week in October ran nearly 100% negative adds featuring FUD.

See here's where you are presenting misinformation, because while Obama's campaign uses less than 1/3 negative attacks and the other 2/3's of his campaign are positive to his ideas and proposals, in fact the Obama channel has no negative attacks on it. Now, in contrast the McCain campaign for the last week of September and first week in October ran nearly 100% negative adds featuring FUD.

You know they spent about the same amount of money on FUD and that is why you couch your argument in terms of percentage.

You know they spent about the same amount of money on FUD and that is why you couch your argument in terms of percentage.

What's your point? Percentage is the true tell, because the initial post made the point that FUD was the only thing that the GOP has left, and the percentage proves it. The only thing that you've proved is that Obama has more money to spend his 30% on, as such the same thing can be said "Obama has spent more money on positive campaign ads than anyone in history". Percentage tells what they are about, with McCain he's putting all his eggs in the FUD basket, Obama is obviously more diversified and positive in his campaigning.

You know they spent about the same amount of money on FUD and that is why you couch your argument in terms of percentage.

Do you not think there's something fundamentally different between, for example, linking McCain to Bush and linking Obama to Bill Ayers? Do you not think there is something fundamentally different about saying McCain wants "more of the same," and Obama "wants to impose socialism."

Don't you think those are things are not comparable to each other?

Do you not think there's something fundamentally different between, for example, linking McCain to Bush and linking Obama to Bill Ayers? Do you not think there is something fundamentally different about saying McCain wants "more of the same," and Obama "wants to impose socialism."

Don't you think those are things are not comparable to each other?

Especially when it was McCain himself who bragged that he voted with Bush 90% of the time! That was his quote, not some extrapolation of data, but McCain's quote that he made as he was trying to appeal to the GOP base.

Well maybe liberals have nothing to fear in an Obama Presidency, but conservatives certainly do.

Medved: For Conservatives, Obama's Changes Would be Permanent and Devastating.

http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/2f3e3917-c375-47cc-a177-de334138b91e

Well maybe liberals have nothing to fear in an Obama Presidency, but conservatives certainly do.

Medved: For Conservatives, Obama's Changes Would be Permanent and Devastating.

http://michaelmedved.townhall.com/blog/g/2f3e3917-c375-47cc-a177-de334138b91e

Honestly, so would McCain's. McCain is not promoting fiscal conservatism, as it used to be. However, Obama is touting more fiscal RESPONSIBILITY. In many ways, what Obama is promoting is closer to fiscal conservatism.

Truthfully, to conservatives, it should be embarassing that only part about conservatism that gets promoted now is lower taxes, but the lower spending gets ignored. Bush ran the LARGEST federal government, ever. McCain is projecting a 5-7 TRILLION dollars on top of the debt.

If you can't lower spending significantly, which neither candidate is promoting, you still have to, at least attempt, to be responsible with the budget.

FUD? It's getting towards lunchtime; I'm getting hungry.

This thread is an Epic failure.

ALL GOP are not doing anything...

ALL DEM are not doing anything...

Your perception of the constant freaking commercials and phone calls make you believe it.

Some of us can see BOTH sides doing this and BOTH sides fighting this.

Some of us can detach from the "Party" and see what is correct.

McCain is the oldest candidate in history and will die....fear that

McCain already has cancer and will die....fear that

"McSame" is going to to do the same thing Bush has done...fear that

McCain will favor the rich over the rest of the country

McCain doesn't know anything about the economy...

It is the same for both sides

I don't think it's legitimate to bring up the first two points. To his credit, Obama's campaign has not said one word about McCain's age or health.

The last three points are accurate, legitimate, and open for debate. McCain has yet to point out how his tax policy is any different than the Bush policy he opposed 6 years ago because it was to use McCain's own words "I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans who need tax relief."

This thread is an Epic failure.

ALL GOP are not doing anything...

ALL DEM are not doing anything...

Your perception of the constant freaking commercials and phone calls make you believe it.

Some of us can see BOTH sides doing this and BOTH sides fighting this.

Some of us can detach from the "Party" and see what is correct.

If you think this thread is and epic failure then you misunderstand the point of the thread. The point is not that the GOP uses fear and the Dems don't, the point is that FUD is all that the McCain camp has left.

Does Obama use negative attacks against McCain? Sure, but the point here is not do they use them, but to what extent do they use them. How much of their campaigns are oriented to the invocation of fear?

Has Obama spent more on negative ads than McCain? Probably, but remember to say that you also have to say that Obama has spent more on positive ads than McCain. The real tell is in the following.

Which campaign relies more on FUD with the assets that they have?

*disclaimer, this is obviously not the actual numbers but generalizations of the data that came from a survey that examined the campaigns ads over the last part of Sept, and first part of Oct. A fact that was brought out in the last debate that McCain lied when he tried to dispute.

Fear, Uncertanty, Doubt. It seems like that's all the GOP has left. It seems that's all they've given us throughout this entire election, but especially now in the last few weeks.

Obama wasn't born in the United States... Doubt him.

Obama isn't prepared or tested to be President... Uncertainty..

Obama is a Moslem... Fear him.

Obama is a socialist.. Fear him.

Obama will create the largest tax increases in the history of the country.. Fear him.

Obama will make the economic crisis we created worse... Fear him.

Obama can't be trusted to protect us... Fear him.

This FUD is tried and true GOP strategy. Fear the party out of power, cause although you know we're bad, Those guys are worse.

With the tightenning of the polls, It's looking like this is pretty good strategy too..

You're kidding right? Obama's entire campaign is based on what you're calling FUD, except he calls it CHANGE.

Get real.

Obama wasn't born in the United States... Doubt him.

Obama is a Moslem... Fear him.

Obama is a socialist.. Fear him.

Those are questions on issues though, for the most part. Its different than saying someone is a terrorist.

When and who in the GOP said that Obama was a terrorist ?

You're kidding right? Obama's entire campaign is based on what you're calling FUD, except he calls it CHANGE.

Get real.

Yeah, because calling for Change in DC is the same as creating fear about another candidate and trying to paint him as a terrorist.:doh:

Yeah, because calling for Change in DC is the same as creating fear about another candidate and trying to paint him as a terrorist.:doh:

Again, where are the terrorist associations made by the GOP ?

I'm watching Palin live this morning in Reno..saw McCain earlier...overall pretty sad...some of it not bad...but I'm no fan of the level of discourse I observe

If you think this thread is and epic failure then you misunderstand the point of the thread. The point is not that the GOP uses fear and the Dems don't, the point is that FUD is all that the McCain camp has left.

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Simple Question: Yes/No.

AsburySF:

In a normal campaign of any kind does the winner/winning person even talk about the other person? So for Obama to even have 33% when hes been winning for 97% of the time.. that is exponentially worse correct? As technically he never needed to?