Can't believe their eyes


Building sympathy for McCain
I wasn't going to say much about the McCain photoshop thing. The man's not my candidate, and frankly I think the photographer is unstable. But this bit caught my eye. Emphasis added.

...Yet what a fool Greenberg is to tempt fate when the contest is indeed so close, and what fools are the substantial numbers of commenters to early reports of the story who supported her action. Do they really not see that when they mock McCain for trusting Greenberg they suggest that people like them are not to be trusted? That when they boast of having manipulated the media they confirm that they do manipulate the media? Do they not see that when they fault McCain or the Atlantic for being so naive as to employ a Democrat as photographer, they give the voters reason to believe that they might be naive to employ a Democrat as President?

Most Americans are nice people and pride themselves on their civility. When they see this kind of slanderous attack again and again without any real justification, they empathize with the target, not the attacker. After a while, they will ignore any further attacks OR criticisms made by the attacker because the attacks are mean spirited and haven't been right so far. So the target comes out looking better and better while the attackers look worse.

It happened with Bush before Katrina.

It's a big part of Sarah Palin's appeal, as I have discussed before.

And now it is happening to McCain.

At this rate, the Democrat fringe will make sure the Republicans win the Presidency.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Tue - September 16, 2008 at 02:32 PM  Tag


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