Dems who voted against Obama's healthcare will be sacrificed

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Ten Rules for Democratic Success in Midterm Elections was recently released by the Democratic Strategic.

A major think tank and political strategic for the Democrat Party, the Progressive Democratic Strategic isn't some fly-by-night Progressive group. These people have been around for a long time and worked to get Obama elected.

Rule 1 from this think tank and Democrat Party advisory group says they need to show members of Congress that the Democratic Party and Progressives, "have the backs of the Members that stood tall for progressive values even though they represented marginal districts."

When support doesn't go far enough, they suggest,: At the same time, it would be enormously useful if we made examples of several Members who abandoned that agenda - especially those that represent safe Democratic seats. Several come to mind where the filing deadline for the Democratic primary has not yet passed. And as Niccolo Machiavelli noted, you don't have to punish all of your enemies - just hang one in the public square.

Notice the reference to Niccolo Machiavelli. Interesting. Machiavelli, was an Italian philosopher and writer in the 1400s. His surname yielded the modern political word Machiavellianism which means the use of cunning and deceitful tactics in politics.

I heard Larry Summers on one of the Sunday editorial shows blaming the Republicans and Bush for the extended recession and unemployment. He even said it would extend past the mid-term elections. Blaming Bush and the Republicans is one of the 10 points in the Democratic Stategic's rules for success in midterm elections.

From the article: "Rule #3: We can't afford to allow the Republicans to make the midterms a referendum on Democratic performance. It must be framed as a choice between the failed Republican policies of the past and the Democratic program to lay a foundation for sustained, widely-shared economic growth.

"Bush and the Republicans created an economic disaster in America. It will take a long time to clean that mess up. We must frame every discussion in terms of the choice between the failed policies that got us here, and our policies for the future."

I also found rule 4 interesting: Rule #4: We have to frame the debate in clear populist terms -- about who is on your side. By Election Day people will still be unhappy. If we don't focus that anger on the people who really caused this economic disaster, they will blame Democrats, who are in charge of the Government.



http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2010/04/creamer_ten_rules_for_democrat.php#more

[Guest]

Ten Rules for Democratic Success in Midterm Elections was recently released by the Democratic Strategic.

A major think tank and political strategic for the Democrat Party, the Progressive Democratic Strategic isn't some fly-by-night Progressive group. These people have been around for a long time and worked to get Obama elected.

Rule 1 from this think tank and Democrat Party advisory group says they need to show members of Congress that the Democratic Party and Progressives, "have the backs of the Members that stood tall for progressive values even though they represented marginal districts."

When support doesn't go far enough, they suggest,: At the same time, it would be enormously useful if we made examples of several Members who abandoned that agenda - especially those that represent safe Democratic seats. Several come to mind where the filing deadline for the Democratic primary has not yet passed. And as Niccolo Machiavelli noted, you don't have to punish all of your enemies - just hang one in the public square.

Notice the reference to Niccolo Machiavelli. Interesting. Machiavelli, was an Italian philosopher and writer in the 1400s. His surname yielded the modern political word Machiavellianism which means the use of cunning and deceitful tactics in politics.

I heard Larry Summers on one of the Sunday editorial shows blaming the Republicans and Bush for the extended recession and unemployment. He even said it would extend past the mid-term elections. Blaming Bush and the Republicans is one of the 10 points in the Democratic Stategic's rules for success in midterm elections.

From the article: "Rule #3: We can't afford to allow the Republicans to make the midterms a referendum on Democratic performance. It must be framed as a choice between the failed Republican policies of the past and the Democratic program to lay a foundation for sustained, widely-shared economic growth.

"Bush and the Republicans created an economic disaster in America. It will take a long time to clean that mess up. We must frame every discussion in terms of the choice between the failed policies that got us here, and our policies for the future."

I also found rule 4 interesting: Rule #4: We have to frame the debate in clear populist terms -- about who is on your side. By Election Day people will still be unhappy. If we don't focus that anger on the people who really caused this economic disaster, they will blame Democrats, who are in charge of the Government.



http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2010/04/creamer_ten_rules_for_democrat.php#more

I think the "blame Bush" excuses has run it's course. People will vote their wallets and jobs this November. My personal opinion is that they sacrificed their seats to pass these socialistic bills and it will backfire.
Obama and his army of accomplices got the stimulus passed after he promised unemployment would not go over 8%. In some places it is 13% and the real percentage across the country is close to 20%. And instead of concentrating on the economy and jobs, they proceeded to waste their political capital on entitlement bills and controlling 20% more of our economy.
Take no prisoners- throw them all out in November.(except Scott Brown)

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Donna, you and I and others who read and educate themselves may find that the "blame Bush" senseless echo has run its course. What about the others who elected Obama who don't read and only spout what they read on Yahoo news or see on NBC?

Some of the working class may sit back on the theory that people will vote their wallets. What about the other "Blame Bush" entitlement people who voted for a president in hopes of a welfare check?

I'm from an area of the country where unions wrecked the coal mining ecomomy and unemployment has been over 12 percent for more than 10 years.

These Progressives are serious. How in the name of God, the Constitution and all that is good did this ridiculous debt-Inducing healthcare bill get passed? The same way the Progressives hope to keep control of the government. My answer is Machiavellianism which means the use of cunning and deceitful tactics in politics.

[Guest]

What they fail to realize is that everything going on now is 100% Obama and the Democrats. They own it lock stock and barrel. They can't blame Bush forever even though they will try. Sure some will drink the Kool Aid but most won't.

When they get their clocks cleaned in November they will blame the loss on talk radio and those radicle right tea party grandma's and soccer moms.

Obama and his recking crew are masters at lying through their teeth and then getting people to believe it's actually everyone else that's lying. It's of course never their fault.

[Guest]

What they fail to realize is that everything going on now is 100% Obama and the Democrats. They own it lock stock and barrel. They can't blame Bush forever even though they will try. Sure some will drink the Kool Aid but most won't.

When they get their clocks cleaned in November they will blame the loss on talk radio and those radicle right tea party grandma's and soccer moms.

Obama and his recking crew are masters at lying through their teeth and then getting people to believe it's actually everyone else that's lying. It's of course never their fault.


This is an old thread, but I just re-read this comment about blame and thought how what you said is coming true in light of the recent killing in Arizona and the cries for new laws restricting American's rights and freedoms. As Rahm Emanuel said: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before."