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Best advice to Obama? Dumb it down — and soon
Houston Chronicle ^ | Sept. 21, 2008 | Clarence Page

Posted on 09/21/2008 5:19:56 AM PDT by Cincinatus

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To: Gaffer
That and the fact that Republicans are good for telling it like it is and do not have to resort to flowery and impressive words to get their point across.

Most Americans have no attention spans and they want an answer in the shortest time possible. How many times have you spoken to someone who has a broad vocabulary, but you get annoyed listening to him/her because they never get to the point. They are far too busy trying to impress us with their knowledge.

These Liberals will never get it.

21 posted on 09/21/2008 5:49:58 AM PDT by MissyMa
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To: Cincinatus

IF... Clarence Page knew anything he wouldn’t be a democrat..


22 posted on 09/21/2008 5:55:26 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: Cincinatus

Clarity and succinctness is not dumb it is called effective communication. Liberals can’t package their liberal crap in a few sentences because that leaves them little opportunity to hide from the public what they really believe.


23 posted on 09/21/2008 5:56:12 AM PDT by Maelstorm (This country was not founded with the battle cry "Give me liberty or give me a government check!")
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To: Cincinatus
OK, let's dumb it down for Clarence.

Republicans have been right about welfare reform.

Republicans have been right that tax cuts would spur the economy.

Republicans have been right about where appeasement would get us in foreign policy.

Republicans were right about Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac.

Republican policies have toppled Saddam Hussein, the Taliban, and Khadafi, while freeing twenty six million in Iraq. Our willingness to stand and shed blood without running has eliminated the reason we were attacked on 9-11, lack of respect for what we might do when attacked. Osama bin Laden is afraid to come out of hiding.

Clarence Page is dwelling on what has been said, instead of events that have occurred, pretty dumb already, in my book.

Democrats have been wrong about all these issues, and events back me up. They can't "dumb it down", if they do, they lose. This is why we get spin, er, uh, dissembling, and er, uh, obfuscation from them, they must nuance, they cannot shoot straight because events belie any words they could come up with.

24 posted on 09/21/2008 5:56:21 AM PDT by wayoverontheright
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To: Cincinatus
What is being said here? McCain is dumb but Obama is smart? How is that even possible?

Someone needs to start digging out pieces from 2000 and 2004 where the same columnists fawned over McCain.
25 posted on 09/21/2008 5:57:18 AM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Pontius Pilate voted "Present")
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To: Ann Archy

“Dumb it down....LOL!!! How about “FILL THE EMPTY SUIT”!!”

Oh, it’s FULL...and you can smell it from here.


26 posted on 09/21/2008 5:59:01 AM PDT by GWMcClintock (Right after Lib Democrats, the most dangerous politicians are country club Republicans. T. Sowell)
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To: Cincinatus

Dumb it down?

Have they actually listened to any of his speeches at events that aren’t orchestrated to the extreme? Were he elected we’d have far more “Oh my G-d our President is a moron.” moments due to misspeaking than we ever got from Bush.


27 posted on 09/21/2008 6:02:44 AM PDT by SlapHappyPappy
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To: Cincinatus

Heh. Hussein reminds me of “Martin Prince” on the Simpsons. Sounds real smart in the classroom, but in the real world, he hasn’t a clue.


28 posted on 09/21/2008 6:04:45 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (Just say NObama!)
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To: Cincinatus

Interesting advice to a campaign that’s based on tingling legs and vacant messages of messianic change.


29 posted on 09/21/2008 6:05:21 AM PDT by Spok (The Sinopian Sage)
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To: SlapHappyPappy
“Oh my G-d our President is a moron.”

If you really want to piss off the left, call McCain's opponent "Hussein" like I do. :)

Then remind the person that as he has every right to make fun of President Bush, that we have every right to call Hussein by his middle name.

30 posted on 09/21/2008 6:07:25 AM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: Cincinatus
There is nothing intelligent or thoughtful about Democrats and their simpleton collectivist policies and philosophy. People who always state how smart they are generally are not. I find it amusing how Democrats will always claim the intellectual high ground but can never defend their positions with facts but only with “narrative” that they created out of some ilconceived simple minded abstraction.
31 posted on 09/21/2008 6:12:06 AM PDT by Archon of the East (Universal Executive Power of the Law of Nature)
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To: Panzerlied
Stand up, Chuck!

Oh my! That made me laugh out loud. Hope I didn't wake anybody. :)

32 posted on 09/21/2008 6:14:38 AM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: Ann Archy
Dumb it down....LOL!!! How about “FILL THE EMPTY SUIT”!!

ROFL! ;^D

33 posted on 09/21/2008 6:15:36 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: pnh102

Both sides call the President W., so...


34 posted on 09/21/2008 6:16:32 AM PDT by SlapHappyPappy
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To: Cincinatus

This country is just not good enough for the Democrats. Maybe they should take their genius message to Sweden or somewhere that has people smart enough to know what they are really saying.


35 posted on 09/21/2008 6:16:56 AM PDT by spodefly (I have posted nothing but BTTT over 1000 times!)
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Anyone know how Obama paid for college and law school?


36 posted on 09/21/2008 6:18:01 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Cincinatus

Let’s just allow ALL of these Leftie seething elitists to continue to take insulting shots at everbody and everything in their support of Obama. I don’t know about you but I, with normally a long fuse, am getting a bit pissed. Americans will respond in the voting booth come November.


37 posted on 09/21/2008 6:23:42 AM PDT by AlphaOneAlpha
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To: Right_in_Virginia

I’ve seen that question many times, but never an answer. I’d like to know who signed the checks too.


38 posted on 09/21/2008 6:29:25 AM PDT by pepperdog (The world has gone crazy.)
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To: dirtboy

-those elitists quit their jobs and snuck out of town with millions KNOWING their companies were crashing.......they cashed out and moved on.......and stuck us with the bill. McCain needs to pound this into the ground.....compare them to someone running out on the rent in the middle of the night.


39 posted on 09/21/2008 6:30:33 AM PDT by tioga (Bring on the debates! While Obama wows the media, McCain will win over Americans.)
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To: Right_in_Virginia
Anyone know how Obama paid for college and law school? ----better yet, how did he get IN?
40 posted on 09/21/2008 6:31:31 AM PDT by tioga (Bring on the debates! While Obama wows the media, McCain will win over Americans.)
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