Quote:robkelk wrote:Agreed. I remember the Democrats saying that about Bush, and the Republicans saying it about Clinton. I'd like to think it doesn't work because it's so insulting to the listener's intelligence, but I haven't really seen any evidence either way.
Take all such pronouncements with a pasture-lick of salt. They are fear-mongering, election-posturing, patently-untrue attempts to ensure the "soft" members of the party get out and vote. Unfortunately (because they are fear-mongering, election-posturing, and patently-untrue), they work.
And on the subject of insulting people's intelligence, let's all pause to contemplate the absurdity of the National Review complaining about a President ignoring the Constitution and ruling by decree...