To the fine staff of the War Room:
It now appears that the Democrats have finally been caught wtih their hands in the cookie jar in ways far worse than Watergate. DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT!!!! This is the best opportunity there has ever been to completely destroy the Democrats as a national political party.
Please, Berger is an employee of Kerry. He was no doubt working under orders of his old boss, Clinton. Now there is undeniable proof that the Dems are crooks, willing to do whatever it takes to destroy the president's credibility and regain power. It is essential that ads come out about this incident ASAP - and these ads should paint the Dems with a broad brush of criminal behavior. Just remember what the left did with Watergate. You can't lose on this issue!! "The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" was right all along - the left are crooks - and communist ones at that.
1. Go over your speeches like Reagan did, for emphasis and grammar. I spent an hour on one sentence in a speech of yours last week, and finally figured out what was wrong, both the emphasis, the grammar, and the pauses. Don't worry about the rhyming, but about the meaning. Put content in, even if it doesn't rhyme. If it does rhyme, emphasize the meaning, not the rhyme. Don't pause so much--people don't like waiting for the end of a sentence. Speak more quickly. People are listening, so double your content. Have your speechwriters work with you on every sentence. Be in the moment, not nervous as to what you're saying. Get older, wiser speechwriters who can put better content into the words.
2. To the Press: stop telling the Dems what they're doing wrong. Don't do the same things to them they do to us. Don't raise your voice. Don't attack the person rather than the issue. If it's offensive when they say mean stuff to us, why do it back to them?
3. Instead of preaching to the choir, we all need to be out teaching what Republicanism means, and registering the vote.
4. Have commercials on the platform differences. Don't talk down; make it intellectually deep. Why are we a better party?
5. Don't alienate entire groups, such as 'trial lawyers' being bad. Pick the bad things THIS trial lawyer has done.
6. Don't misquote Kerry/Edwards. Quote from official documents. Show his beliefs from 'on the record' quotes.
7. We've seen the same commercial 10 times. If running commercials that often, have different ones, like the Geicko one.
8. Don't try to convince people under $40K that the economy's good. It may be on paper, but after taxes and expenses, its not. Explain, teach, always focusing that it is not the government's responsibility.
9. Teach principles. Equity--why expect the government to give more than you're putting in? Honesty--we are a society of law, but that means we need every person to stop lying in court, stop making frivolous lawsuits. We need to be honest. Lying is wrong. (Think of how the courts could be changed if people would stop lying!)
10. Teach that attacking the presidency is not the answer if/when we are attacked by terrorists. We need to work together, as in WWII, an entire nation working together.
11. Update your own understanding of issues constantly. Have specialists, PH.Ds, professors, explain to you the details, the logic, so that you have more avenues from which to handle objections. If you talk over people's heads it challenges them to think and listen harder!
12. Get more reps in Congress!
13. Move the office, so to speak, to Crawford, for your vacation, instead of calling it a vacation.
14. Downsize--Save millions of dollars by changing the convention to a different location, make it an online conference call!
15. I agree on having commercials showing the Iraquis who do appreciate our guys. And keep emphasizing what Saddam did wrong, and how we rescued.
16. Don't slant anything. If it's not true, it will be found out. Truth is on our side to start with.'
17. Show the 3D sonogram of the infant in the womb moving around at 12 instead of 16 weeks now.
18. Go to good Christian sources for research on moral issues such as stem cell research. Not just fundamentalist types, but those critical thinkers who have spent years handling objections and answers with facts, not just 'faith.' I've been both, and there's more fruit in conversations when I can explain why what I am claiming is true.
19. Have a logic professor examine the liberal claims. Have commercials showing how absurd their thinking can be. Instead of being "fired", every fallacy they speak, the professor explains why and says "You flunk!"
20. Stay away from the intelligence committee guys, anyone who will use anything you say against you. And WHY is so much information about our military and plans sooooooooo public??? I have learned where the most vulnerable areas of America are, how to do everything needed for terrorism, just by watching the TV. I know where are troops are and how many and where we have planned security and where we don't.
21. Keep Cheney! Ask him what would make him feel like he's not just staying on because you want him to stay...What would make him feel most useful and fulfilled? Use his skills like a dual President! Start promoting Condi for Prez in 2008! Keep Rumsfeld! Do anything to make Colin Powell happy with you and his service again.
22. Have Nancy be the one to come out to formally introduce you at the convention. Can you imagine the ovation she would get??! I think it would be a great gift to her!
ummmm...I guess that's all for now!