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The discussion about health care reform began to take on an edge last summer during those town hall meetings which became the "August Story." In district after Congressional district, Democrats who had been sent home with a vague theory of a new way to handle health insurance were shouted down and fed up.
As we noted at the time, a cardinal rule of politics is: If you don't define yourself or your issue, your opponent will do it for you.
And, boy, did the opponents of a federalized health care system define it for the Democrats.
Those Democrats...
Be Strong But Civil
We are dealing with Saul Alinsky tactics, and until we get over the notion that being gentlemanly will prevail, we will continue to be steamrolled by them. I'm not advocating harassment or abusiveness, but I am warning that exemplary behavior will not protect us from accusations. So we had better be prepared to record, document, and quickly refute these accusations while catching...