It is simply amazing how the left leaning bloggers and media are quick to criticize a Conservative candidate of negative campaigning when a legitimate issue is raised against the Liberal’s favorite candidate.  Yet, these fine Liberals have their own blatant double standard when it comes to how they will treat the Conservative candidate.  I guess negative campaigning must somehow be loosely based on issues, but “good old” campaigning is more about turning intangible things into campaign issues.  So remember, don’t raise any real issues because that would be going negative.  You have to stick to the non-issues and intangible campaign points.

I’m not promoting the use of slander or libel, but do you want to have some fun with your elected officials own words, sound bites or connections with current events?  Adopt any of these Liberal tactics for dealing with political opposition and have some fun. 

1) Promote absurd conspiracy theories that question any and every aspect of the official’s life. Remember how President Bush was accused of things like causing 9/11, questionable military service, or Obama’s legal citizenship.  There are no sacred cows and every topic is fair game!

2) Verbally attack them with their own flaws, flubs and by using their own misstatements against them.  Just highlight those items in the news, on your Face Book page or by writing your own blog.  With You Tube and some editing skills, you can create your own short montage of sound bites that really hit a home run! Here are a couple examples from President Bush’s tenure in office.

September 26, 2005 “Bill Maher: Laura Bush Like Hitler’s Dog”  - http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/26/194236.shtml

Late-night Jokes About Bush Twins (mainly alcohol use)  - http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushtwinjokes.htm

3) Spread lies and misquotes about your elected official then repeat them repeatedly and repeat them again until everyone starts to believe them.  If it’s worth spreading, it’s worth spreading on thick!

Here’s a great example from July 2003: “CBS News Lies About Bush” - http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/cbs-news-lies-about-bush/
"The headline was, "Bush Knew Iraq Info Was False." Later, the headline was changed to, "Bush Knew Iraq Info Was Dubious." Both headlines are false.”

And, another one from the 2008 Campaign season:
“Obama lies about Bush/McCain to Hispanics” - http://santafeblog.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/obamainsultsnatives/

4) Compare your elected official to any of the worst tyrants in history like, Hitler, Stalin, or Attila The Hun. There are plenty of examples on Google to help you.  This exercise can be quite fun and entertaining. Try to be original, even finding some obscure minor tyrant can be useful in your efforts.

5) Never, ever give up! Continue to pile on with your vile comments and accusations, and don’t acknowledge any positive actions that your elected official may have done. Remember, if the official elected target of your wrath is worthy of this effort, nothing they do can reconcile your political or philosophical differences. Since, you probably didn’t vote the person anyway or have lost confidence in this elected official; what does it matter anyway?