When we started this blog, our goal was to provide an unbiased, objective look at mudslinging and political attacks. Slowly, but surely we leaned, we crossed, we sided. Let's examine how it happened in retrospect.
Early posts focused much of their attention on John McCain's newly picked vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. She was arguably chosen to please the base of the Republican party, though Palin has also turned into a divisive figure in the race so far and it's not just politicians she's going after. She's gone after Katie Couric, prompting a quick jab from Couric. While speaking at a rally in California, she misquotes former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, eliciting a response from Albright for clarification. It appears that her strategy has been to "divide and conquer" up to this point.
While Palin has gone after non-politic figures, increasing her discontent among left leaning potential voters, those are not the only polarizing events surrounding her. The strategy of bombarding her with attacks which many left wing sites adopted early on had the same effect on right leaning potential voters.
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