....and while you're at it our Senators and Representatives might do well to read this.
As indicated these are not of my design but I thought they were so good I want to share them with everyone.
Here is my latest strategy memo that I faxed to Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer. Anyone who likes it, feel free to copy and send it to your representatives.
How to handle the GOP Smear machine
When the GOP begin to smear Democrats, either individually or collectively, here are the talking
points on how to respond:
1. Do not repeat the smear or defend against it.
2. Acknowledge that the Republicans are very good at character smears of their opponents.
3. In fact, this is the only thing they are good at. They excel at finding an inconsequential fact and spinning all kinds of lies and innuendos around it in their grabs for political power.
4. At everything else, they are completely incompetent, as we have seen with the out-of-control and ballooning deficit, their irresponsible monetary policy of spending money without knowing where the funds will come from, the still-unresolved Katrina devastation, the totally incompetent war policy that has cost us thousands of lives and untold treasure, the Medicare prescription drug morass, etc. In short, they are incompetent in everything except the vicious and dishonest smear campaigns against their opponents.
5. Sadly, they have manipulated and tricked the American people with their lies and deceit and false posing of righteousness. In fact, all of their policies have benefited the big global corporations at the expense of everyday Americans.
The short version: When you are asked about any smear of a Democrat or Democrats, simply respond that Republicans are very good at smearing, but sadly this is all they are good at. They are incompetent at everything else. If Americans want their government to continue to be incompetent at governing but good at lies, deceit, and character assassination, they should keep the GOP in power. If they want competence and a government that will actually serve the people of this great nation instead of the interests of big money, then they should vote for Democrats.
What this accomplishes:
You don’t acknowledge the smear or try to argue against it because you give it power if you acknowledge it at all.
You make the issue about the GOP who are smearers and incompetent rather than about the recipient of the smear.
You make the issue about all of Bush and the GOP’s failures and USE the smear as a segue to talk about them.
Counterstory to Rove’s “Cut and Run” Attack
Murtha has it right. The attack on Zarqawi was done from outside the country using Iraqi information and a US airstrike, based elsewhere. This is the way to fight the remnants of foreign terrorists in Iraq. This is the way to carry on any remaining elements of the war on terror in Iraq. Special ops missions, airstrikes from outside, based on local intelligence (US and Iraqi).
Otherwise, what we are doing is a peacekeeping mission in the midst of a civil war, not a war on terror. The Iraqis need to determine if we should stay or go. Recently, the Prime Minister and the President and the Vice President of Iraq have all asked us for a timetable for withdrawal. A majority of Iraqis want us to withdraw. If this is a sovereign nation, we must respect their wishes.
Republicans are not interested in a real solution to this war. They are interested in demagoguery and riling up the voters with baseless, politically motivated attacks. They are more interested in maintaining power than in taking care of our troops and pursuing the best interests of the nation.
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Thank you all for the positive response to my “talking points” and strategy memo. And thank you for passing them along to our Dem Leadership. I have added a bit more to it.
Bush Republicans have cut and run from the American people.
They have cut and run from our soldiers, denying them armor and appropriate equipment, leaving them in a war with no exit and no strategy, etc., etc.
They have cut and run from the needs of everyday Americans – health care needs, job needs, minimum wage needs, the need for a clean environment, etc., etc.
They have cut and run from intelligent immigration policy, refusing to dry up the big pot of honey that draws illegal workers – substandard wages for immigrants that Americans can’t live on that are outside of American labor laws and minimum wage requirements. And they have refused to enforce already existing laws against hiring illegal workers.
They have cut and run from the American people and into the monied arms of Big Business. Every one of their policies has harmed everyday Americans and benefited Big Business: tax policy, immigration policy, environmental policy, war policy, health care policy, etc.
In the interest of full disclosure you can find these posted by Nancy at
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