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Originally Posted by Fuzz
That's a trap too, though. Smith would have grilled Notley into committing to not raising taxes, and if Notley couldn't do that she'd have the spectre of an unknown tax hanging over every minute of the campaign. So she either gets busted in a lie, or comes out with a small reasonable return to normal taxation levels for business. Many here ask why we can't have honest politicians. Why are they all so awful? Well this is why. You get an honest one with integrity and she didn't get elected because of it.
I take a lot of heat for pointing out the obvious, and I'm sorry if the truth is ugly, but it is.
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I'm not disagreeing with your take- she lost because she was honest.
But, you can have an honest politician that knows how to play the game.
IMO that's an easy win from a strategy perspective. You just dodge it like all the times Danielle refused to talk APP or Curriculum. If the other party is just saying it about you it is easy enough to dismiss. She wouldn't have had to commit to anything other than a constant campaign of dodging that one specific issue.