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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Rude Pundit: Two Steaming Heaps of Shitty Advice from Assholes
1. Democratic "strategist" (if by "strategy," you mean, "Pathway to losing every fucking election for every presidential candidate you've ever provided a strategy for, and, yes, that includes Al Gore, who should have blown Goober out of the water and never have had to worry about the Florida fuck-ups" Bob Shrum told the still-moving head of Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation that President Obama shouldn't campaign on his record: "I don't think the president could win because the truth of the matter is, he may have created over 4.3 million jobs; he may have saved General Motors, but the country is still not back to where it needs to be. So this needs to be a choice election. People have to have that choice, and if they have the choice, I think the president's going to be fine." And instead, Obama should campaign on how much Bain Capital sucks.
This is the Shrum paradigm. Al Gore didn't say shit about many of the things he had accomplished with Bill Clinton because he had been advised, by Shrum, among others, that Clinton was polling poison post-impeachment, which was as big a misreading of the public's apathy over the Blow-Job That Caused 9/11 as could be. John Kerry didn't talk about most of his legislative accomplishments, like, you know, going after banking practices that could drive the economy into another depression, and that was on the advice of...fuck, you know.
So, really, the lesson here is: Do the opposite of what this sad sack loser tells you.
2. The Rude Pundit could barely get past the title of Marc Thiessen's latest Washington Post abortion room wastebasket of a column: "Vice President Scott Walker?" See, apparently, President Obama is scared of Scott Walker because...oh, who the fuck cares when there's impeccable logic like this going: "Walker is leading Barrett 52 to 45 percent virtually the same margin by which Obama is leading Mitt Romney. That means there are a significant number of independents in Wisconsin who support both Scott Walker and Barack Obama." There could also be a significant number of Republicans in Wisconsin who aren't bugnuts crazy who like Obama. There could also be a significant number of people who are against the idea of a recall. But, no, really, make your stupid point.
"Walker is now a national political figure who has at his disposal a well-oiled political operation that could help Romney-Walker win not only in Wisconsin but across the United States," Thiessen's curettage of a column continues. Certainly, it electrify the union vote, like, everywhere in America, but, hey, if you can't take electoral advice from the man who thinks "torture" is just another word for "interrogation," who can you trust?
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scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)He is the guy who "discovered" John Edwards and foisted that mistake on the Democratic party.
He is the guy that, as the Rude Pundit says, advised Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004. In both cases, he advised them horribly.
Like the Rude Pundit says.... whatever Bob Schrum advises.... do the exact opposite.
Bob Schrum is to political campaigns what the Washington Generals are to the Harlem Globetrotters. He *ALWAYS* loses. Always.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)Donna Brazile. Schrum's title is far from secure...
catbyte
(34,450 posts)I think he was on Tweety's show last week and was talking how he got sucked into Edwards' schtick, but when he told Edwards he wasn't ready to run for president in 2003, Edwards replied, "I'll never forget, even on my deathbed, what you have done to me and my family." Shrum said it was the most egotistical, weirdest thing anybody has ever said to him.
I never really liked Edwards. I couldn't put my finger on it at the time--he said all the right things, but I just couldn't warm up to him.
I have a finely tuned BS Detector and it was pinging slightly. Now I know to trust in it at all times! LOL
Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Leo, Taz & Nigel, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
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Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I agree.
Even the possibility of Kerry got blasted by this schmoe.
I don't understand why he is still the head strategist. The only thing he is good for is the concession speech.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)I wonder if they even know who the Rude Pundit is. If so, they need to know.
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)That's mean...
PCIntern
(25,583 posts)wow.
TrollBuster9090
(5,955 posts)I don't see why we have to follow the advice of these barf-bags just to get access to their MAILING lists. I say we follow them home on a dark night, whack them on the head, take the list, and then urinate on their portfolio full of talking points memos.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Nothing says "republican values" like a VP candidate being frog-marched in handcuffs off to the pokey on the eve of the election.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)The entire White House Cabinet and Advisory Staff are composed of people who consistently
Got It Wrong on virtually every major issue from the Iraq War, to The Economy & Trade Policy, to Wall Street Reform, to .....
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