And one of the first things we can do is to start spreading the news from an ABC article posted here earlier today:
All the states in the U.S. are in recession or nearing recession EXCEPT ONE...ALASKA. And that’s ENTIRELY because of Sarah Palin’s pro-growth, pro-economic freedom policies. It’s not because “there’s oil in Alaska.” The mere presence of oil doesn’t mean a thing if you can’t drill for it economically and if you can’t re-invest profts after having sold it.
Japan, for example, has almost no natural resources worth speaking of, yet when it followed pro-growth, pro-economic freedom policies, it prospered.
Now that we are entering a recession, expect the worst: expect the demRat government to meddle, and as a result, expect the real possibility of a full-fledged depression. Big Government advocates like depressions because it provides excuses for keeping themselves in power for as long as possible. Our coming depression will provide the needed excuse for creating the institutions of a European-style welfare state.
That Sarah’s state is the ONLY state not undergoing economic decay is not just a talking point; it’s a SHOUTING POINT.
It’s an excellent start for positioning her as a frontrunner in the New Conservative Movement.
Finally, as a bit of reverse psychology: Steyn always points out how important language is, and who controls it. Who gets to define things. We should utilize linguistic “cross-dressing” as much as possible; i.e., putting conservative concepts into lefty-sounding rhetoric. The right will smile in amusement and the left will simply go nuts since they will have to argue against their own vocabulary. For example, in an issue such as gun control, the right could point out that such laws make it difficult or impossible for minority small-business owners in high-risk neighborhoods to defend themselves. “How could you possibly support such a racist policy?”
For this reason, I suggest that we brand this New Conservative Movement with a name that smacks of liberalism but which is really conservatism. Perhaps “The New Freedom Movement”: It’s all about conservation and being unselfish: rather than selfishly claiming all that redistributed wealth for yourself, we encourage all able-bodied members of the middle class to sacrifice their welfare checks by accepting a large cut in their taxes and getting to keep all their income. This gets them OFF the welfare rolls and frees up more welfare for those who really need it (such as the very wealthy and the very poor).
FReepers, this is no different from what Hussein did with his redistributionist/socialist schemes. He cross-dressed it into calling it a “tax cut for the middle class.” You recognized it only upon laborious intellectual analysis (taking about 20 seconds, but still laborious). It’s an effective technique in selling a platform and there’s no reason we shouldn’t be doing the same thing.
Good Post, GoodDay!
linguistic “cross-dressing”
Absolutely brilliant!!!
That is the key to this whole mess -
Trying to follow McCain’s policies was impossible - I never did figure out what his health care policy was - speak in plain talk -
tax credits - do you think any of those dumb freeloaders had a clue what that was - the only thing they understand is ‘free money’.
if in fact Alaska is the only state that makes it through the next few years, yes that would be a big vindication for Sarah.
But I think we need someone who can connect to urban people, especially hispanics and blacks, and not just white people from very small towns. Someone you don’t have to worry about when he/she gives an interview with Katie Couric.