Monday, September 27, 2010
Finally, some good news
dems are starting to close the gaps. maybe the tea party crackpots are finally freaking out the independents.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
This?
The GOP will win big in November. It is completely irrational that their so-called arguments will prevail, but it is where we are. And but so, the out-of-power party has often done very well in the first midterm after a new president takes office (right? right. See: Reagan, Ronald; Clinton, Bill).
However, it doesn't mean there is no reason to fight back their nuttiness with reason and passion and therefore hope to mitigate the damage now, and recover in building towards the elections in 2012.
So, I would like the DNC or whomever to air lots and lots of commercials, and go viral on the web, with the snippet of Obama's speech in Cleveland the other day when he said: "A few weeks ago, the Republican leader of the House came here to Cleveland and offered his party’s answer to our economic challenges. Now, it would be one thing if he admitted his party’s mistakes during the eight years they were in power, and was offering a credible new approach to solving our country’s problems.
But that’s not what happened. There were no new policies from Mr. Boehner. There were no new ideas. There was just the same philosophy we already tried for the last decade – the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place: cut more taxes for millionaires and cut more rules for corporations. Instead of coming together like past generations did to build a better country for our children and grandchildren, their argument is that we should let insurance companies go back to denying care to folks who are sick, and let credit card companies go back to raising rates without any reason. Instead of setting our sights higher, they’re asking us to settle for a status quo of stagnant growth, eroding competitiveness, and a shrinking middle class.
Why him when his popularity is down? Because I really think that a majority of American's want to like him and want to be reminded why they should like him. Plus, people want him to fight back. This accomplishes both these things, while also reminding an unfathomably short-memoried electorate that, "oh yeah, Bush and the republicans suuuuucked when they ran things. We don't like them, on account of the sucking." Too late to make a difference in November 2010, but it can mean a lot in November 2012 when the economy almost absolutely will have recovered in some meaningful way.
However, it doesn't mean there is no reason to fight back their nuttiness with reason and passion and therefore hope to mitigate the damage now, and recover in building towards the elections in 2012.
So, I would like the DNC or whomever to air lots and lots of commercials, and go viral on the web, with the snippet of Obama's speech in Cleveland the other day when he said: "A few weeks ago, the Republican leader of the House came here to Cleveland and offered his party’s answer to our economic challenges. Now, it would be one thing if he admitted his party’s mistakes during the eight years they were in power, and was offering a credible new approach to solving our country’s problems.
But that’s not what happened. There were no new policies from Mr. Boehner. There were no new ideas. There was just the same philosophy we already tried for the last decade – the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place: cut more taxes for millionaires and cut more rules for corporations. Instead of coming together like past generations did to build a better country for our children and grandchildren, their argument is that we should let insurance companies go back to denying care to folks who are sick, and let credit card companies go back to raising rates without any reason. Instead of setting our sights higher, they’re asking us to settle for a status quo of stagnant growth, eroding competitiveness, and a shrinking middle class.
Why him when his popularity is down? Because I really think that a majority of American's want to like him and want to be reminded why they should like him. Plus, people want him to fight back. This accomplishes both these things, while also reminding an unfathomably short-memoried electorate that, "oh yeah, Bush and the republicans suuuuucked when they ran things. We don't like them, on account of the sucking." Too late to make a difference in November 2010, but it can mean a lot in November 2012 when the economy almost absolutely will have recovered in some meaningful way.
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