Posted on 07/26/2003 5:21:27 PM PDT by sweetliberty
It is important, before we hit the streets, to think about who is the target and devise a message that will resonate and achieve the goals for which we invest our time and money. We have to keep in mind that FReepers are not "normal people"...heheh. We are more informed and being ardent conservatives, may be more incensed at some of the debauchery of the Clinton Adminstration than the normal middle of the road voter (who should be our targets for the next election). What sets us off may not be the same for them. Unfortunately, I think some strategies that are being pushed as effective are actions that we think are hilarious but may be ineffective in achieving the goal of keeping Hillary out of the White House.
It is my opinion and the opinion of others that attacking Hillary for primarily Bill's foibles may not only be unproductive but counterproductive. For instance, previous studies have shown that when it comes to the Monica issue, Hillary elicits some sympathy as the "wronged woman"...particularly with other women. Why spend effort sending a message that may cast Hillary as a victim? If we make it easy for the left and press to label us "Clinton Haters", we've lost the advantage.
There is one thing for sure, non democrats just don't trust her. Also, people have negative feelings about the overall Clinton administration. We should use these. Reinforce people of their subconscious feelings of distrust about her. Tie Hillary to the general corruption of that Administration without getting specific. If we want to get specific, there is plenty of Hillary-only ammo such as the healthcare debacle, the pardons, the White House Silverware, her grand jury testimony, etc.
With all the tools at our disposal, I say let's keep it clean and witty...no need stooping to bathroom humor and being marginalized as typical "Clinton haters" or kooks. We need to keep in mind that hopefully there will be many more FReeper activists down the road. Let's make sure we hand them a legacy that opens doors and people's minds and projects a reputation of swift effective street activism as well as professionalism.
Actually, the Monica thing was more in relation to her lying about it in the book saying that she didn't know when everybody else in the country did.
That was my take on it too.
Oh, just give me one big f**king break........................give me a wastebasket; I need to wretch.
I agree completely and to those of us who have followed her lying ways, it was just one more affront to our intelligence.
The problem is, does the average Joe and Joan middle of the road voter know about that? And if they do, do they care? My guess is many women will give her a pass and men might not think it rises to a crisis level. With our limited time we don't want to miss any opportunities to remind people of what lies at the basis of our message... Hillary does not belong in the White House because she can't be trusted and the endless succession of scandals we saw in Clinton I may continue in Clinton 2.
There are many juicy Hillary topics that have top of mind and aided awareness among the general public. Watergate, the Rose Hill Law Firm records, Vince Foster, The Puerto Rican and New York pardons, White House Silverware (in my opinion a perfect target), Hillarycare, etc. These all tie directly to her own credibility and what people could reasonably expect of her as the Commander in Chief.
We know Hillary is running for the White House, probably in 2004. Let's not allow them to marginalize our impact by effectively portraying us as those Clinton haters. We know they will try but let's not give them the baton with which to beat us over our heads.
"Its safe to say she signed 1,100 to 1,200 books," she said.
yep, that sounds about like typical DemocRAT math! He must have been educated in public schools.
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