Interesting, thank you for the correction, ma'am. I haven't read the book myself, and I don't plan to. After doing some more searching, it looks like that might be a Karl Rove idea. There's some articles claiming that Karl Marx said "accuse the victim" but I don't see an actual quote.
Deciphering Karl Rove's Playbook discusses counterstrategies, in particular Ronnie Earl's campaign against Tom Delay, in a Texas campaign, in which tactic 3 (below), preemptive accusation of what they're going to call on you.
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The playbook tactics:
Take the offensive: establish the agenda, put your opponent on the defensive.
Attack your opponent's strengths: this forces your opponent to back away from their most attractive qualities.
Accuse your opponent of what they are going to accuse you of.
Interesting, thank you for the correction, ma'am. I haven't read the book myself, and I don't plan to. After doing some more searching, it looks like that might be a Karl Rove idea. There's some articles claiming that Karl Marx said "accuse the victim" but I don't see an actual quote.
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Deciphering Karl Rove's Playbook discusses counterstrategies, in particular Ronnie Earl's campaign against Tom Delay, in a Texas campaign, in which tactic 3 (below), preemptive accusation of what they're going to call on you.
...
The playbook tactics:
Take the offensive: establish the agenda, put your opponent on the defensive.
Attack your opponent's strengths: this forces your opponent to back away from their most attractive qualities.
Accuse your opponent of what they are going to accuse you of.
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