Think Progress obtains GOP confidential memo with Iraq talking points

[ProSense]

Confidential Messaging Memo – Floor Debate on Iraq and the Global War on Terror

To: House Republican Members

From: House Majority Leader John A. Boehner

Date: June 13, 2006

Re: Confidential Messaging Memo – Floor Debate on Iraq and the Global War on Terror

This week, the House of Representatives will engage in a debate about the war in Iraq, the Global War on Terror and our efforts to strengthen our national security in a post-9/11 world.

The past week has brought news of several important, positive developments in Iraq and the Global War on Terror:

– U.S. military forces eliminated the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda’s top commander in Iraq and a cold-blooded killer.

– The Iraqi government named new interior, defense and security ministers as part of the new government’s continued progress.

– Just this morning, President George W. Bush traveled to Baghdad to meet the newly appointed Prime Minster of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki and to discuss our growing partnership with the new democratic ally.

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http://www.thinkprogress.org/confidential-boehner-memo

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http://images1.americanprogress.org/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/boehnermemo.pdf

[station agent]

1. Think Progress pre-empted their frame

Hopefully someone who talks on the TV machine will see it our way.

[lyonn]

2. Well, well, heard all those "talking points" this a.m. on C-span

Didn't know about this confidential memo at the time. That is exactly what the repubs were spouting and ignoring the truth again. It was so bad that I couldn't listen. If we don't take over the House and Senate in Nov. then it proves there are no Dems on the Hill representing us.
I know, Diebold and the media is a tough opponent.

[Robbien]

3. Think Progress' summary

1. Exploit 9/11. The two page memo mentions 9/11 seven times. It describes debating Iraq in the context of 9/11 as “imperative.”

2. Attack opponents ad hominem. The memo describes those who opposes President Bush’s policies in Iraq as “sheepish,” “weak,” and “prone to waver endlessly.”

3. Create a false choice. The memo says the decision is between supporting President Bush’s policies and hoping terrorist threats will “fade away on their own.”


These GOP talking points are the exact same talking points they have been using since the invasion but the corporate media will keep repeating these as if it is something new. Nothing new here.