[Mr. Jeeves]

We had that movie a year-and-a-half ago where Paul Ryan presented a budget, a serious real budget with real cuts. Obama was supposed to gave speech where he would respond with a counter offer. And what did he do? He gave a speech where he had Ryan sitting in the front row. He called the Ryan proposal un-American, insulted him, offered nothing, and ran on Mediscare in the next 18 months.

I'm not sure when Republicans are going to learn that public opposition to an idea strengthens the idea. Democrats are smarter - they oppose ideas they consider a threat by personally attacking the politician who puts them forward. Since they don't even acknowledge the existence of the dangerous Republican plan, the plan gets zero media attention and consequently no support, even from Republicans.

Thus...

"That jug-eared fool smoked pot in college, bows to foreign dictators, and let four American diplomats die in Libya because he was afraid of getting a bad headline - you're going to listen his fiscal cliff plan? Don't make me laugh!"

...would be far more effective than what the Republicans are trying to do now.

[rcrngroup]

Thus...

"That jug-eared fool smoked pot in college, bows to foreign dictators, and let four American diplomats die in Libya because he was afraid of getting a bad headline - you're going to listen his fiscal cliff plan? Don't make me laugh!"

...would be far more effective than what the Republicans are trying to do now.

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Great strategy! Now if only the ball-less Repukes would do it and stick with it. Which they won't unfortunately! Because that's not "nice" or "respectful" to 0dumb0shit or the demoRATs. And after all, Mitt Romney declared that 0dumb0 was a "nice" guy. And Boehner would cry & wet his panties at the same time, if he were ever to proclaim this in public, in front of the news cameras.