Everyones favourite wheel spinner Pat Sajak speaks of using demonization instead of ideas in the politcal forum (hat-tip NealeNews).
The most important political task facing the out-of-power party--the Democrats for now--is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign. So they need someone to demonize, someone who embodies the "evils" of the Right, someone whose very name can shake cash out of terrified donors.
Substitute Democrat with Liberal and out-of-power party with desparate-to-hold-power and you have the situation in Canada.
This election is going to get nasty - with the Liberals stealing the Democrat playbook. Prepare yourself for the lunancy of Harper=Hitler, Conservatives are fascists/extremists/fundamentalists or worse Harper=Bush (oh my, that is below the belt).
To be fair the Conservatives play book will be we are not crooks. Maybe one day we will have a true battle of ideas. I am confident that in such a scenario conservative ideas will win (but of course I do, I am a conservative) but that day won't be in the next few months.
