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Thursday, November 12, 2009

The New Dem Strategy: Confusion & Exhaustion

Posted by: Michael Medved at 12:49 PM

After Republican victories in the elections of 2009, the Obama strategy has become increasingly obvious—and obnoxious. The administration means to continue pushing dozens of complicated measures at once, leaving their opponents so confused and exhausted that they’ll be unable to fight back.

In health care in particular, perplexing details help the administration, while clarity and simply-stated arguments serve the opposition. At this moment in political history, the real focus should be on one overriding issue, not many nuanced and bewildering proposals. The big struggle involves the scope of spending and the size of government—expensive new programs will only add to the debt and lead to national bankruptcy. Durable prosperity will only return when our politicians return to fiscal sanity. That’s the issue conservatives must stress—while not letting Democrats go unchallenged in their efforts to distract and confuse.

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Daryl writes:	Thursday, November, 12, 2009 1:04 PM
Michael
I'm sure that you have heard the old saying."if you can't dazzle them with foot work baffle them with (B)ovine (S)catology".The DC dumbocrats are great at it I might say.needling the unwashed masses.CVA64/VF143
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Speedicut writes:	Thursday, November, 12, 2009 1:21 PM
good point, Michael but
"That’s the issue conservatives must stress—while not letting Democrats go unchallenged in their efforts to distract and confuse." Cons always stress this BUT what should we do with Republicans? They go out of their way to "reach across that aisle" and, thus, undermine the country.
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Frank writes:	Thursday, November, 12, 2009 2:14 PM
straight from the preamble
A similar tactic used and complained about another tyrant; King George in the Declaration of Independence: ... "for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures".
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Exeye writes:	Thursday, November, 12, 2009 2:20 PM
Not gonna work
First, who's confused? Anyone trying to make sense of the bills, surely (yes, stop calling you that) but since we reject the whole crapload of legislation wholesale, there's no confusion. And who's exhausted? As George C. Scott as Patton said, "Americans love a fight," or words to that effect.
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