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.
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The playbook tactics:
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Take the offensive: establish the agenda, put your opponent on the defensive.
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Attack your opponent's strengths: this forces your opponent to back away from their most attractive qualities.
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Accuse your opponent of what they are going to accuse you of.
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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.
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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.
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