EWE saw what not defending smears did for Bush. You seem to believe defending against smears is somehow the wrong thing to do and you also are one of those who assign mystical qualities to the abilities of the left. This is a party which just lost lost 70 Congressional seats and over 700 legislative seats nationwide in the most devastating blowout in some 83 years for any political party.
And, according to you, because some wacko shot 6 people in AZ it all means nothing...just like that. The spending cuts we voted for-off the table, the repeal of Obamacare-no one cares now, the arrogance and lies of the left for the past 2 years-all forgotten. ALL polling, even Quinnipiac shows a mere 15-20% of people think political speech had anything to do with this. What do you know that we don’t?
Do I have this right?
I believe in giving it back just as hard as they give it to us!
I am arguing PRECISELY against being like George Bush. I said already that Mr. Nice Guy tactics are no good.
It isn’t any mystical quality——they have 45%+ of America receiving government checks, 90%+ black support, 70%+ hispanic support and a history of making scare tactics work.
Just wait until the debt ceiling is debated and the “evil Republican” tactics are dragged out: “They want to take away your Social Security and Medicare,” blah, blah.
I advocate preemptory strikes. Buy time on the networks and discuss inflation, unemployment, national debt-—all the things that have gotten worse under Obama. Make the folks understand that things that affect their lives are worsening whiile the Dems play the usual political games.
See my point? Too much compalcency here and it isn’t warranted.
Another thing-—
You are so right about the folks-—only about 20% of America calls itself “liberal.” The problem for me is the 45% that receives government payments. I doubt that even half of those people consider themselves “liberal.” But many of them are dependent on government and therefore susceptible to Democrat scare tactics. We hear them every election season, though less in 2010 for some reason: “The dirty, stingy, greedy Republicans want to cut your checks. They want to eliminate Medicare.” Those are gross lies but old, vulnerable people are often frightened by them and will vote for the Democrats out of perceived self-preservation even when they might find the Dems morally repugnant.
It’s a challenge to beat somebody who uses scare tacticcs and offers goodies. But it can be done-—by hammering on the FACTS!