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133724 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 03:48 PM
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Leaked Letter Reveals Conservative Strategy For Iraq Debate: Don’t Talk About Iraq
But a leaked letter obtained today by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-MD) office reveals that conservatives have formulated a strategy to avoid talking about the central question of the debate.

In the letter, leading conservative Reps. John Shadegg (R-AZ) and Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) inform their allies: “The debate should not be about the surge or its details. This debate should not even be about the Iraq war to date, mistakes that have been made, or whether we can, or cannot, win militarily.” Shadegg and Hoekstra warn, if conservatives are forced to debate “the surge or the current situation in Iraq, we lose.”

Instead, they write, “the debate must be about the global threat of the radical Islamic movement.” The problem is they lose that debate too.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/13/conservative-letter/
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 03:53 PM
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1. As H.L. Mencken said..
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” H.L. Mencken

Unfortunately, the tactic seldom fails.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 04:12 PM
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2. A caller to "Washington Journal" first alerted me to this today
Then Randi mentioned it as well. Our side ought to be bringing this up at EVERY OPPORTUNITY -- show the outright fear the Republickers have about debating the surge/war. Even THEY recognize it's a big loser!
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halobeam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 04:14 PM
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3. rec.
This is the norm for them, but to have it in writing is good. The Dems should blow it up to POSTER size and have THAT on their easel beside them while speaking on the floor!
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