which is stupid because the calculus hasn't changed. "do you want chicken Parm or anthrax?" "well I picked chicken Parm last time but it wasn't as good as I was hoping..." "ok the alternative is still ANTHRAX. do you want underwhelming chicken Parm or FUCKING ANTHRAX?"
also "scare" voters? bitch we are stating FACTS. don't act like we're playing the Republican fearmongering game
"met the criteria"? what criteria? do you have 40 living hostages, yes or no?