May I suggest however, that the paralleling of the 0bama regime to the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich ought to remain subdued. YES, IT IS ALARMINGLY TRUE. But the tactic belongs to and on the other side. It's one thing to entertain ourselves, and there are some incredible opportunities possible with that art. It's another thing to be counterproductive.
One directory up from where you linked, though, http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ (which is quite extensive and I haven't perused it) is a lot of historical material related to the propaganda effort.
Thing is, all of this is true, true, true. Alarmingly true. The problem is, anyone with a brain already sees it.
The challenge, as I have said in my very strong criticism of the RNC ads I've seen so far...is how do you address the people with NO brains. How do you reach the UNconverted? It is a VERY daunting task. All the RNC ads I've seen so far are addressed to folks who are already disinclined towards 0bama, eg; they have no conversion potential. I believe that if you throw messages at people who are almost certain not to understand them, you discomfort them with YOUR message and entrench them further in the OTHER message. So I hate seeing these pedestrian namby-pamby subtle/sophisticated Rep ads. They aren't going to connect, and I've written multi-page, scene-by-scene detailed letters to RNC Communications explaining exactly what is wrong with their ads. No reply so far.
Surplus, you are right on every point. It was knee-jerk reaction on my part, but so frighteningly close. And I’m afraid it’s getting closer.
It’s just a ‘feeling’ I have that if we let them know that we know that they know that we know - what they’re up to, they’ll dig their holes deeper. Ya know? :)
Not their unwashed masses, but the ‘brains’ on the upper rungs. I don’t know if this will be a fight of ideas and intellects or physical intimidation. It’s well known that the left has kept certain people in their court for such a day as this. Brainwashed and helpless, the muscle will do what the brain commands.
So, brain or braun, and what do we do about either?
Thank you for your thoughtful remarks. Really.
Be blessed.
Within my lifetime, The Republican Part has never had effective advertising, or a coherent overall campaign theme, or even decently produced commercials.
I always ask,"How can this be the party of business?" A Dodge dealer in Des Moines wouldn't last a month in business with this expensive, pointless crap. The high water mark in silly crappiness (produced BTW, by a DEMOCRAT ad agency full of spies that telegraphed every nmove to the DNC) was reached by the idiot-savant soi disant Karl Rove in his campaigns for GW. He may be one sharp guy, but an ad man, a communicator ... fuggedaboutit. McCain's people were just plain idiots who couldn't run a classified ad for a free massage parlor.
It reminds me of my adventures as the ad agency for a family-owned brewery, which had one drunken relative after another take over the VP Ad Manager spot, usually for 60 days at a time. Mr. Steele isn't like that. Those bums knew their limitations and cheerfully admitted they didn't know a rat's patoot about communications. But, Steele just thinks he is the wittiest guy ever ... and his reward for bombing in his own campaigns, in which he was universally loathed, failing to get even 10% of the African-American vote against a lackluster opponent with no record, and who looked like the other Senator, Mikulski, in man-drag? Naturally, in the GOP that would be the chance to run equally inane crap for other candidates so they can lose, too.
Well, I can give the RNC some sage advice. Fire Steele! Go to the Yellow Pages in any town in this country. Look under "Advertising Agencies." Pick one. I guarantee the stupid party the results will be better than what they have now. The tactical management of the GOP is in the hands of country club retards whose dads made big money somewhere, but who never seem to leave men's bar.
Speaking of communications, the point of my rant is that the uber-pubbies write advertising for each other, not their voter "market." They are hot stuff. Legends in their own minds. The fact that the people are not reponding, is of course, the people's fault.
BTW, you don't have to specifically address people with "no brains." Obama got 77% of the Jewish vote. The GOP's gotta take off the gloves and go after blocs. McCain, as I have mentioned on this site ad nauseam made absolutely NO MENTION of Obama's scandalous campaign for Odinga in Kenya. If 1500 dead Christians don't get the GOP's attention, I reckon nothing ever will.