Comments on: Picking The Right Fight

By: Go On Pricks

Go On Pricks — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:52:18 +0000

The GOP is a party of self-righteous hacks and booger-eating redneck imbicils.

By: Jade Brewster

Jade Brewster — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:37:53 +0000

This brings up a good point. Hannity should stay away from from branding himself as someone who mouths off at every insignificant event. If he continues down this path, his opinions will slowly lose their credibility.

By: MCJ

MCJ — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:01:50 +0000

“When they are wrong, call them on it. Constantly point out the gap between their policies and actual freedom or capitalism. Never miss the chance to associate their actions with those of socialists. Nobody wants to be a socialist – at least not in public.”

bpjam, I agree with your above statement and it is exactly what I was getting at. When they are wrong call them on it by all means. But making a big issue out of Obama taking credit for this captain being rescued is distracting and unnecessary.

I agree we must stay on offense and I agree we will be called petty no matter what our argument, but people can see through the reporting much of the time. If we are being petty, people will know. If we making a valid point that the media is trying to portray as petty, people will see through the media as well (smart ones anway). Offense using little irrelevant issues is impotent offense. Offense using real issues can be powerful.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:09:19 +0000

I am a Republican but am insulted by the “tea parties” because they are so childish and immature. Even school children can see through them. There was a time that I respected the party for its wisdom and leadership. Now it has degraded into being a group of grumpy people who watch the same TV programs and exchange political groupthink with one another.

At one time, Republicans worried that JFK would take direction from the Pope. Now Republicans have their own Pope in the form of Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity and they obediently march to their instructions.

The party needs away from the “national groupthink” and defining simply as being opposed to anything the other guys are for, it has little hope. Additionally attacking personailities doesn’t win hearts and minds.

The tax argument is a weak one because the average person didn’t benefit from the Bush tax cuts when they occured. With regard to “Right to Life” there is a confusing message because the death penalty and gun control also fall under the “Right to Life” mantra.

By: bpjam

bpjam — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:53:17 +0000

Look, conservatives or republicans are going to be called ‘petty’ and ‘mean spirited’ (remember that one??) regardless of what we do. It really doesn’t matter. If a single person on the Right say something, the coordinated Obama attack machine will put their media cronies out there to blame every single one of us. There is no escaping that.

The only answer is a good offense. Playing defense on a playing field which is totally tilted to the other side is pointless. You block the punches and then counter-punch. If you leave out the counter-punch, then there is no point in trying to avoid the bludgeoning you will get in the media.

When Obama agrees with us, let’s celebrate it. And celebrate the fact that he joined US and not let him claim WE supported HIM. Clinton used to co-opt our ideas in the 90s and instead or welcoming him to the side of sanity we whined about how he was pretending to be a conservative. Hell, let’s just outright accuse him of becoming conservative. What could be more exasperating to the lefties in the press?

When you are the party out of power, it’s incredibly hard to rally around anything. The dems lost virtually the end decade of the 90s and though they had the WH. We need to get back to the basics and put out better ideas and them smack down the horrible ones that liberals put out. When they are wrong, call them on it. Constantly point out the gap between their policies and actual freedom or capitalism. Never miss the chance to associate their actions with those of socialists. Nobody wants to be a socialist – at least not in public.

By: MCJ

MCJ — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:28:17 +0000

I totally agree. These type of arguments hurt us more than they help. It makes conservatives look petty. It lets the liberal news media focus on these arguments and gives them ammunition to make us look irrelevant. Focus on real policy, legal, and moral disagreements we have with the liberals. Don’t go around finding fault for fault’s sake.

By: Subrina

Subrina — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:06:19 +0000

I agree, just because the democrats used these tactics when Bush was in office doesn’t mean we have to, we should learn from their mistakes and be the “bigger man”.