Strategically, even if Royal could launch a massive attack, it would be highly risky to say that Sarko is dangerous -- the risk being that she would make it impossible for voters to take her seriously if they didn't perceive Sarko to be truly dangerous. If you're going to call a candidate dangerous, you'd better have a reason, or you'd better make one up very quickly. There had better be some serious evidence that he is either preparing to try to take over the world or having sex with his dog or something. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
There had better be some serious evidence that he is either preparing to try to take over the world or having sex with his dog or something
If he was preparing to take over the world, he would be elected with an overwhelming majority: the French still love Bonaparte... For the dog, it's his private life and we don't care... "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
An entirely misleading ad implying that our candidate favored drivers' licenses for "illegal immigrants" sunk the progressive campaign I worked on last year, by taking away a lot of moderate to conservative Democratic voters -- even though they knew the conservative republican would be terrible (as he's turned out to be). Even a lot of people who ended up voting for us didn't understand why she wanted to "give extra rights to illegal immigrants."
And its the gift that keeps on giving -- once established that public services go to "illegal immigrants," it allows republicans to challenge otherwise highly popular programs such as college tuition assistance, publicly subsidized health care or even additional funding for kindergarten.
To keep this on topic, the line that it would only make him look idiotic is what everyone said about LePen in the 70s and 80s.
