"Why do you hate America?"

[solinvictus]

That's the fucking question we need to ask neo-cons at every opportunity. When environmental de-regulation comes up, when outsourcing is an issue, when we have record deficits. Turn this shit on them and make them stammer for an explanation. Voice an opinion that anyone who wants to dump chemicals in water is a terrorist and should be shipped to GITMO for poisoning Americans. We need to immediately and vocally seize the phrase and turn them on their heads.

[applegrove]

1. Why do you want to destroy the government?

Why do you want the corporations to be more powerful than the government?

Why do you want to destroy the middle class?

Why do you want to create elites like Old Europe has just gotten rid of?

[Up2Late]

2. Good Idea!

I'd like to ask,"Why do you keep saying that I need to save for my retirement, when you don't pay me enough to even make a Car Payment?:grr:

[illini]

3. "Why do you love fascism" is what I ask.

It really pisses this guy at work off.

[Just Me]

4. Why do they hate Americans?

They manipulate Americans in order to benefit/profit themselves?

You are right.

They must hate America if they are willing to violate/ignore the laws of our country and to manipulate our people in order to concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few.

[dolstein]

5. If I had a dime for every DU post that called the United States

an immoral, imperialist, oppressive nation, I'd be a very wealthy person.

Sorry, but you really don't have to look too hard to find out why the right has been able to tag the left-wing as the "blame America first" crowd.

[48pan]

6. Agree. We need to...

Start speaking positively of our country and our ideas. Insulting others will not gain us any converts.

[LittleClarkie]

11. Good point

We need good solid plans and solutions of our own to rival their crummy ones. Like with SS, I can admit that the sucker needs tinkering, but not a complete overhaul. So we need to reveal our "Tinker Plan."

[Just Me]

7. Ahem. We're talking about how the NEOCONS HATE AMERICA.

Didn't you catch that part?

:shrug:

[48pan]

8. That's the point...

If we spend out time speaking negatively, we are wasting it. We need to spend our time on positive pursuits that draw converts. Insulting people isn't productive.

In my opinion, asking neocons why they hate America won't help us win any elections.

[Just Me]

9. *LOL*

Oh, my. :bounce:

[48pan]

13. Are you implying

that insulting people will help us win elections? If so, I have to disagree. That is why we are not winning.

"We hate Bush" was a bad message (even though it was true). It's time to try something a little more positive.

[Clark2008]

14. But they hate and hate and hate and then win

Explain that one.

[48pan]

15. It's the message...

Ours was "We hate Bush"

Theirs was a long list of things they wanted to do and a little bit about how they planned to do them.

We need our own "Contract with America" that lists our plans and a how we will accomplish them if elected. You can't just say "Bush's SS plan sucks" and gain any headway. You have to say "Bush's SS plan is not a good plan and here's what we propose as an alternative and here's why it's better.

What is our SS plan? As far as I can tell, it's "do nothing except oppose anything Bush proposes." That's not a plan.

[Up2Late]

12. Yeah, Maybe we should go down to GITMO and see if anyone...

...needs a Hug or something. :hug::crazy:

Are you serious?!? Time for being nice to these Fascist Neo-Cons is over, The only thing these people understand is Anger and Hate, We need to talk to them in a way they understand. :grr:

[LittleClarkie]

10. "Gee. Mister, why do you hate my gramma an' grannpa?"

The possibilities are endless.

"Why do you hate children?"

"Why do you hate our freedom?"

[kentuck]

16. I think that is a legitimate question because...

Neo-cons like Grover Norquist have said they want to make government so small that they can drown it in a bathtub? So, then what? What is the end result that they want? Once they "starve the beast" and spend us into oblivion, what type of government do they idealize? I think they owe us an explanation. If their plan is to destroy "government" as we know it, what od they plan on replacing it with???