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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:39 AM
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New strategies needed--Bush's Bad Behavior is no secret.
New strategies needed--Bush's Bad Behavior is no secret.

I believe the Democratic party needs to hire a crackerjack team of people who know how to hit the voting public in the many available types of Achilles' heels', hit first and hard, and keep repeating until the mantra has them galvanized...but this time have it be with the truth. When stating a "crackerjack" team of people, I mean a team that is capable of using mass appeal on a highly sophisticated psychological basis, rather than taking the rollover defensive action of that does not reach those who engage in sophomoric thinking.

Can the Dems be reprobate? Sure they can, with better strategists STARTING NOW! And they can be reprobate with the truth.

Who knows? There may be one particular issue that takes fire with the many uninformed brain dead in this nation, and a Bush et al. hunt ends this administration before the four years are up.

The "truth" as given by spoon and soundbytes over and over again, choosing which ones were given and at what time, were all part and parcel of the Roverian think tank.

The Dems can do the same thing, but with actual truth...over and over again, until it becomes the litany of the masses.
But what is needed are strategy teams that will hit hard, fast and lowball with the truth when it counts and can be used to start the Bush cabal running.

BushCo, a la Rove, targeted groups of voters and nailed them. There are many other issues near and dear to these target groups, which can be used to teach them actual truth, not the Bush version.

The Dems play defense way too much. Time to take the offense and punt like hell...right where it hurts.

Bad behavior is no secret. And, as far as BushCo goes, the secrets need to start coming out now, not in two to three years as people are gearing up for another election.

Flame me as you will. Am simply being an American exercising my First Amendment rights.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:40 AM
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1. Having an election system that actually counts your votes
would help. ;)

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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:46 AM
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3. I completely agree with you on that!
Yet, the biggest failing of the Dem party was to not avail themselves of the use of offensive strategies. And, to not do so beginning in 2000, instead of waiting until it was time to go on the defensie about a year before the election.

Yes, I personally feel that there should be a mandatory nonpartisan manual count in each state, by each county, because the stakes are too high to only allow some places to be accounted for and other to be left alone. And I feel just as strongly re: starting with the offense and not capitulating , rather than not responding, all seemingly based on high moral ground, and trying to shout above the deafening roar of those who already took the defensive and didn't let up.

If the Democratic party doesn't start now, it could already be too late.
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Lucky Luciano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 12:44 AM
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2. I'm with you
I posted a similar thing in another thread. I basically said that it is time to play hardball the way the pubs do. They really are far more skilled at marketing. The dems need to take a lesson from them on this. Politics is strictly for sharks and the dems are being more like guppies.
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JudyM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 01:16 AM
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4. Right -- we need mcuh improved marketing/p.r.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-06-04 11:09 AM
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5. Am kicking: Until new strategists are in place, it will be
a difficult race in 2008. Unless the offense strategies and moves begin now, it is pointless to project the Dem team of who would be the best and/or most likely team to beat out the republican party in 2008.
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