Republican strategy = distort the facts & scare the voters
Republicans are doing this continuously with regards to the war on terror & the economy.
On the war...they are saying that the proposed democrats policies will endanger our safety here at home & destabilize the middle east...if we pull out of iraq it will be disasterous for iraq, allow al qaida to declare victory, takeover iraq & threaten security/stability in the middle east (funny, but that’s exactly what our war of choice has done) & "the terrorists will follow us home" (haha...they are here already & will attack us at a time & place of their choosing).
On the economy... now the big thing is republicans saying that the democrats will hurt the economy...the fear talk is that if democrats get the white house it will be disasterous for our countrys economic situation...they will raise taxes, increase govt spending, hurt corporations, etc...all of which was already done in the last 8 years ...(almost 8 years into bush-it & the economy is in worst condition since great depression, bush admin oversaw howzing bubble, credit bubble, lax financial oversight, many corporate disasters, huge increase in govt spending & deficits, rising unemployment, destruction of the middle class, 30% decline in US$, & inflation... including 300% increase in oil w/out any initiatives to address energy independence)....now they are going to try to blame that on the incoming president & democratic congress... the spin, deception, misinformation, & outright lies are truely incredible.
If the electorate can overcome the republican spin machine it will be an amazing accomplishment....and then they will go to the fail safe "he's hussien obama...a black supremacist, anti American, "wolf in sheeps clothing" who will destroy America...yikes.