Musing whilst listening to the news on the radio and reading it in the newspapers, I happened on a phrase that I would like to see Democratic candidates and their associates begin using immediately and use as often as possible:\n
The reason why this President and his Republican Congress are so unpopular is because of all their failures.<\/I>\n
The purpose being not only to tie the Republican Congressmen in with Our Only President, and to remind people of their failures, but to remind interviewers as well as the audience of the startling unpopularity of the Republicans in both branches.\n
As an example, Ned Lamont is asked if he can be effective if he rejects the bipartisanism that is Mr. Lieberman’s calling card. Response: “I’m all in favor of being bipartisan, when it means working with good people to get good things done. But not when it means working with dishonest people to make bigger failures. Look, the reason why this President and his Republican Congress are so unpopular is because of all their failures. Senator Lieberman wants to work with them to make bigger failures. I don’t.”\n
Another example: Bill Casey is asked if he really feels comfortable as a pro-life Democrat, and if the party is deeply divided. Response: “Political Parties are always divided, on a variety of issues. Disagreeing on a particular issue doesn’t hurt a Party. The reason why this President and his Republican Congress are so unpopular is because of all their failures, not because they disagree on stem cell research.”\n
A third: Dr. Dean is asked whether the Democrats are still perceived as weak on national security. Response: “National security sounds awfully vague. You know, the reason why this President and his Republican Congress are so unpopular is because of all their failures. Failures on specific things: They failed to secure Baghdad, they failed to pacify Afghanistan, they failed to find Bin-Laden. Hell, they failed to rebuild our own Gulf. People know all of that. National Security—do even you know what you mean by that?”\n
Generic one: Local Democratic House Challenger is asked about a particularly nasty campaign ad, paid for by the Republican national party. Response: “This is the sort of thing I would imagine a scared challenger running against an incumbent. When an incumbent runs it, well, my opponent, this President and his Republican Congress are so unpopular, because of all their failures, that they have to do something.\n
Might work. Worth a shot, I would think.\n
chazak, chazak, v’nitchazek<\/I>,
-Vardibidian.\n<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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