Another Priceless Tactic: I LOVE the Way this Guy Thinks!

I just can't get enough of this guy's stuff. Maybe it's the steel-balls approach he takes to dealing with the Rethugs. Maybe its the painfully realistic take he has on the interaction between those of differing ideologies.

All I know for sure is that we should all take note, and like his tactics or not, we should at least recognize them when the enemy is using them to trounce us.

His latest accomplishments are here:

Tactic: Use Language That Implies Your Opponent has Done Things Far Worse than What has Been Proven
By Tom Ball
03/24/05

Showmanship and leadership are two things that make for an effective attack on a deserving opponent. You want to be spectacular and compelling, persuasive and thought provoking. In this case, the objective is to permanently debase your opponent. The tactic we'll focus on, is but one very effective way to accomplish that objective.

Tactic: In essence, you must use language that implies that your opponent is guilty of improprieties we have yet to imagine. This encourages listeners to not only indict your opponent in their own mind, but also to convict them of yet-to-be-proven, perhaps even imaginary crimes. This ensures that the opponents remains sour in the listeners' minds for untold periods of time making it much more difficult for your opponents to recover and regain credibility sufficient to attack you or your agenda in the future.

To begin, there are some rules we must follow. Using specific language and style is the key.

How do we do this? Use language that accomplishes the following:

Appeals to the listeners' emotions: Policy wonkishness and namby-pamby, milquetoasty allowances for benefit of the doubt have never gotten anybody anywhere...except buried by the opposition. You need to step up and lay the opposition flat on his ass.... Read the rest here!

And another recent one is here:

Tactic: Appeal to the Listeners' Deepest Fears
By Tom Ball
03/17/05

I can't tell you how many times we've seen this tactic overplayed since Bush came into office. In fact, I think it's his favorite -- ironically striking terror into the minds of the populace with warnings of...well...terrorism. But who should we really fear?

Technique: Appeal to the listeners' deepest fears and most irrational hopes while playing to their most simplistic beliefs. Arouse fear of what might happen if your preferred course of action is not followed.

The Key: Once you have threatened the audience with dire consequences if a certain course of action is not followed, you must then provide them with that course of action. You are the solution to their problem – the antidote to their fear.

Directly relate your opponent's position with the feared outcome. Research shows that the more frightened a person becomes as a result of new information, the more likely they are to take a preventative action (Perhaps buy duct tape?... or approve of an Iraq invasion?)... Read the rest here!

He keeps all the tactics he writes in the "Political Strategy Tactical Assault Project"

Is he great or what?

I go to www.politicalstrategy.com just to read him! He is a great strategist.

I love the way he thinks, too!

TC

...org, not com.

and I agree. If I read no other, I read him. Always worth the time.

This sounds exactly like what Bush was doing to Kerry.

...we have to turn their language (Orwell called it "new speak") and techniques against them. Throw it back in their faces when the violate a rule or quote that they established.


*- "I don't use 'polls or "focus Groups'."

NO! but your people do, they have a guy named Frank Luntz, who uses the latest computer technology to conduct Language Studies and concept testing, then tell you what to say and how to say it! :mad:

So much of Democratic political discourse is like Joe Friday "Just the facts, Ma'am", and is about that exciting.

They've been doing this to us for years, against Mondale, Clinton, Gore, Kerry -- we need to be able to do the same back at them.

Keep it coming.

the message is molded and packaged and then distributed to the politician and paid media outlets to repeat these words. Take a look at the republican playbook on Terri Schiavo and how those sae words appear on fox.... We have unwrapped alot of the methods that repugs are using to control the masses! I heard Dean speak last night and he knows and is working on our messages.... it doesnt happen overnight, so keep at it everyone.. talk to your friends and family.. the best defense against propaganda is awareness!

Right now, DU and the lefty web is about the only echo chamber the left has.

This is something that has to change... and soon.

liberal radio has grown in leaps and bounds, people are listening and we are building momentum... We are the thinkers, the reality based people, we will prevail!

Ex. 2: imagine this factual statement:

"The House Majority Leader used $130,000 for travel expenses from a fund solicited by a conservative think tank to address 'Social Security reform'. In past months he has been found guilty of violating House ethics rules on three separate occasions."


Contrast that with this:

"The House Majority Leader, after being found guilty of violating House Ethics rules at least 3 times in as many months, is now being investigated for yet another possible violation. The latest investigation involves his appropriation of more than $130,000 for an extravagant vacation. The funds were apparently solicited from unsuspecting senior citizens who were told that the funds would be used to help ensure that their Social Security would be preserved for the future. This seems to be only the tip of the iceberg as new revelations about the House Leader, his fundraising improprieties, and other relationships continue to shock the nation. Who knows what the next revelation will be."

:)

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