What I wrote yesterday about paying attention to the issues goes double for Democrat bloggers, by the way.
Enough sniping about Gov. Palin. The more we bitch and snark about her, the more we solidify her main constituency (and yes, I referred to her as "McCain's Redneck Babe" -- for the last time, I think). See the article here for elaboration on that.
It's fun bitching and sniping, and believe me I'm not about to stop. But it's easy to bitch and snipe about the wrong things. We need to stay on message, the same as Barack and everyone else.
There are specific reasons why sensible people are sick of the Republicans. There's the economy, there's the war and failure to take care of our veterans, there's the deficit, the health care issue, the problem of infrastructure deteriorating while we "rebuild" Iraq (read "give money to our Iraqi toadies and contractor friends), our inability to keep enough jobs, our failure to prepare workers for the inevitable export or downright failure of some industries by providing training in new jobs, the housing market and mortgage company failures -- direct results of Republican deregulation -- trillions of dollars worth of debt, protectionist policies that fail to take into account the realities of a global economy that is going to happen -- with or without US -- and on, and on, and on.
THE ONLY CHANCE we have of siphoning off Republican votes is to pound, pound, pound on the REAL ISSUES, not bullshit. That stuff splatters, and we have enough of it smeared on America -- courtesy of Little George and the Puppeteers -- to last a hundred years at least.
That is exactly what they want us to do. They want us to concentrate on cosmetics for swine while Rome is stolen out from under our noses. AGAIN!
See, they have to do that. They have no choice, because they have no coherent excuses or solutions for the problems we all have. But they do have a coherent strategy: it's called Distract and Conquer -- and it works. It worked in 2000, and again in 2004. It is an effective strategy, and it will work again if we're stupid enough to let it.
We can't count on the mainstream media. They're grinding the Republican axe. The only independent media left in this country are a few magazines and the Web. If you want to get all high-falutin' (but accurate, nonetheless), WE ARE THE PROTECTORS OF LIBERTY IN THIS COUNTRY.
But don't forget. They sell computers and bandwidth to Republicans, too. We've got to do a better job than them, and the way to do it is to stick to the issues. Pound, pound, pound on the issues. The one thing the Republicans do far, far better than Democrats is organize and stick to a strategy. We have to beat them at that game, too.
Or maybe you want to lose again. It would sure give us all a lot to bitch and snipe about -- until they figured out a way to shut us up. Give them another 8 years, and there's an excellent chance that they will.
Enough sniping about Gov. Palin. The more we bitch and snark about her, the more we solidify her main constituency (and yes, I referred to her as "McCain's Redneck Babe" -- for the last time, I think). See the article here for elaboration on that.
It's fun bitching and sniping, and believe me I'm not about to stop. But it's easy to bitch and snipe about the wrong things. We need to stay on message, the same as Barack and everyone else.
There are specific reasons why sensible people are sick of the Republicans. There's the economy, there's the war and failure to take care of our veterans, there's the deficit, the health care issue, the problem of infrastructure deteriorating while we "rebuild" Iraq (read "give money to our Iraqi toadies and contractor friends), our inability to keep enough jobs, our failure to prepare workers for the inevitable export or downright failure of some industries by providing training in new jobs, the housing market and mortgage company failures -- direct results of Republican deregulation -- trillions of dollars worth of debt, protectionist policies that fail to take into account the realities of a global economy that is going to happen -- with or without US -- and on, and on, and on.
THE ONLY CHANCE we have of siphoning off Republican votes is to pound, pound, pound on the REAL ISSUES, not bullshit. That stuff splatters, and we have enough of it smeared on America -- courtesy of Little George and the Puppeteers -- to last a hundred years at least.
That is exactly what they want us to do. They want us to concentrate on cosmetics for swine while Rome is stolen out from under our noses. AGAIN!
See, they have to do that. They have no choice, because they have no coherent excuses or solutions for the problems we all have. But they do have a coherent strategy: it's called Distract and Conquer -- and it works. It worked in 2000, and again in 2004. It is an effective strategy, and it will work again if we're stupid enough to let it.
We can't count on the mainstream media. They're grinding the Republican axe. The only independent media left in this country are a few magazines and the Web. If you want to get all high-falutin' (but accurate, nonetheless), WE ARE THE PROTECTORS OF LIBERTY IN THIS COUNTRY.
But don't forget. They sell computers and bandwidth to Republicans, too. We've got to do a better job than them, and the way to do it is to stick to the issues. Pound, pound, pound on the issues. The one thing the Republicans do far, far better than Democrats is organize and stick to a strategy. We have to beat them at that game, too.
Or maybe you want to lose again. It would sure give us all a lot to bitch and snipe about -- until they figured out a way to shut us up. Give them another 8 years, and there's an excellent chance that they will.
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