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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]Interesting that being a jerk is apparently worse than being corrupt. I guess we get the leaders we deserve.
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I'm the pp you are referencing. Cynicism is a corruption and it's profoundly damaging to our government and polity. I was ready to vote for Catania, jerk and all, but when he went negative like that it showed me that he's corrupt too, if more subtly so. So it's not just that he's a jerk. He's cynical. Much worse.

Not to mention, he has plenty of record to run on, why go there? Women are typically perceived as less qualified, even when they are better than their male competitors, and in this case, he had a legitimate claim to the argument that he's got the better track record. All he had to do was keep pounding that message. The comparison was obvious. There's nothing he gains by painting her as corrupt that he doesn't already get by highlighting the differences in their policy accomplishments.

And yes, being a male perceived as a jerk when running against a woman who is not so perceived is, generally speaking, not a winning position. Voters don't like to see men being mean to women. (Hillary might be the exception, but that's because we think she's strong enough to take it.)[/quote]

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