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Any thoughts on Republican strategy for November? March 23, 2012 11:40 pm bowser

Knowing that Rove and Perry will be involved, one can make some good guesses.

First, the Birthers will be active again.  Obama will be “proven” to be a Kenyan several times.  This will appeal to some of the people.  A former employee of a Hawaiian vital statistics bureau will swear to have seen the forgeries put into place.

Second, Obama will be “proven” to be a Muslim.  That’s another tactic on the order of “Swift Boats”.  People will be found who have traveled to Mecca with him, who have seen the Koran on his desk in the Oval Office.

Romney will claim to have no idea as to who would be saying such things, having no control over people outside his campaign.

The banks who have been bailed out will give millions and millions to Romney, in the hopes of setting up another economic failure and bailout.  There seems to be no more efficient way to pump money into the accounts of the super-wealthy.

Obama will be hammered over the debt, which resonates well with the middle-class conservatives.  They believe it is a genuine issue in spite of history.

“Reagan,” Vice President Dick Cheney  famously declared in 2002, “proved deficits don’t matter.” Unless, that is, a Democrat is in the White House. After all, while Ronald Reagan tripled the national debt  andGeorge W. Bush doubled it again , each Republican was rewarded with a second term in office. But as the Gallup polling data show, concern over the federal deficit hasn’t been this high since Democratic budget balancer Bill Clinton was in office. All of which suggest the Republicans’ born-again disdain for deficits ranks among the greatest – and most successful – political double-standards in recent memory.”

http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/reagan-proved-deficits-dont-matter

That’s for starters.

 

  • Same as 2010. by TB 2012-03-24 10:46:55
    • Reagan had no war, tripled the deficit. 3X. Cheney, VP under Bush, said the lesson was that deficits ... by bowser 2012-03-24 13:02:36
      • The deficit in 1980 (constant dollars) was $170.9 billion. In 1988 it was $242.5 billion. by TB 2012-03-24 13:23:01
    • I think the Republicans have already shot every arrow in their quiver--at each other. This election will be decided by events ... by ER 2012-03-23 23:50:24
      • I wish I could agree, and while life is lived forward, it's understood backward. With Rove and Perry involved, ... by bowser 2012-03-24 10:35:23
        • No one will believe them, Bowz. The entire campaign for the nomination has been nothing but multiple lies directed ... by ER 2012-03-24 10:54:00
        • Does it bother anyone else that politics has basically become a slander-filled version of Survivor? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-24 00:39:47
          • This isn't new. by TB 2012-03-24 11:05:02
            • That's the way politics has always been throughout history. Its basically about guys in suits (or togas, or armor, ... by ER 2012-03-24 06:17:57
              • Everyone says it bothers them, and it's what works. by bowser 2012-03-24 01:10:50

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