FreeEnglishman
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I won't pollute the boards by linking them, but RedState and some other neo-con warfarist sites have been highlighting a (supposedly RP-fan created) video casting Huntsman as a "Manchurian candidate" for adopting Chinese kids, speaking Chinese, etc. etc. This, of course, proves that RP is a racist, his supporters are racists, and that not wanting to bomb foreigners is racist.
People have already asked some important questions, such as:
1. Why are sites like RedState highlighting an obscure YouTube video which was not created by RP's campaign, any of the superPACs supporting him, or anyone of any note at all (the YT user's real name is unknown, and he/she has posted no other videos)?
2. Who brought it to these sites' attention?
3. Why would a genuine RP fan bother going after a fringe candidate like Huntsman, whose quixotic campaign shows few signs of coming to life and whose tiny pool of vocal supporters hardly constitute a threat to RP or any of the other frontrunners in the primaries?
I think those considerations make it clear that RP doesn't benefit from this behavior. So who does? Well, people might find it instructive to read this piece, written in 2004, on Karl Rove's election tactics. The most important part:
Fortunately, it seems that even if Hunt or those close to him are morally compromised enough to be willing to resort to such tactics, the competence which characterized Rove's operations is lacking. Nonetheless, I think it important to be aware how these things work, and to think about how they can be countered effectively.
People have already asked some important questions, such as:
1. Why are sites like RedState highlighting an obscure YouTube video which was not created by RP's campaign, any of the superPACs supporting him, or anyone of any note at all (the YT user's real name is unknown, and he/she has posted no other videos)?
2. Who brought it to these sites' attention?
3. Why would a genuine RP fan bother going after a fringe candidate like Huntsman, whose quixotic campaign shows few signs of coming to life and whose tiny pool of vocal supporters hardly constitute a threat to RP or any of the other frontrunners in the primaries?
I think those considerations make it clear that RP doesn't benefit from this behavior. So who does? Well, people might find it instructive to read this piece, written in 2004, on Karl Rove's election tactics. The most important part:
Fortunately, it seems that even if Hunt or those close to him are morally compromised enough to be willing to resort to such tactics, the competence which characterized Rove's operations is lacking. Nonetheless, I think it important to be aware how these things work, and to think about how they can be countered effectively.
