Thread: DNC Dirty Tricks In Florida

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has an unlikely ally this week in his Florida primary battle against Mitt Romney: the Democratic National Committee.

The Democrats are targeting Mitt Romney as if he were already the Republican nominee running against President Barack Obama, with campaign ads, Internet videos, daily news conferences and dozens of news releases attacking the former Massachusetts governor.

Traditional Democratic partners are jumping in, too. Both the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ and Service Employees International Union’s political-action committees are running their own TV commercials in Florida this week — attacking Romney.

Gingrich and the other two Republican candidates, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Texas U.S.Rep. Ron Paul, are being all but ignored by the DNC and its allies.

Parties should stay out of each others' primary. The DNC is doing nothing here without White House approval. And for those of you who don't think this is dirty, the article has a helpful reminder of the last president who did something like this...

Rollins College political scientist Donald L. Davison said the Democrats could have a variety of reasons for their attacks, including a decision that “they would rather face Gingrich,” whose multiple marriages and $1.6 million in “consultant” earnings from Freddie Mac in Washington could make him a weaker nominee.

He noted that the most extreme historical precedent for such a strategy was when President Richard Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President worked hard in 1972 to get Democrats to pick Sen. George McGovern, an outspoken liberal whom Nixon beat easily.

Florida primary Mitt Romney: Democrats are attacking Mitt Romney harder than they're hitting his rivals - OrlandoSentinel.com

Originally Posted by Pragmatist

Good, of course they will pull for Gingrich because he won't stand a chance at beating Obama, Romney is the only one with a hope of doing so. About time the Dems got in there and hopefully cause Romney to lose a few more states so he doesn't look like a winner to begin with.

How does it feel to have Nixon for a role model?

Originally Posted by splansing

Dee-En-Cee, Shmee-En-Cee. Who's paying for these ads again?

SuperPACs? Exactly.

Shut the fuck up and quit crying. Your asshole neo-con fascist SC gave you that one to suck on. So suck on it: they can do whatever they want.

Nice, huh?

Was there a point somewhere in that gibberish or did you just have some kind of Tourettes outburst?

Originally Posted by splansing

Next time you're stacking the Supreme Court thinking how clever you are because now maybe you can finally get Roe v Wade overturned, remember that there are CONSEQUENCES TO THINKING LIKE A SIMPLETON.

This post would be a prime example of that.

Originally Posted by USA-1

The democrats learned all their dirty tricks from the republicans. That aren't smart enough to come up with them on their own.

Is that supposed to be some kind of excuse?