I don't much like either side.....BUt I want to see what the Republicans come up with in the way of a jobs program ( I'll believe that one when I see it)... r-i-i-i-ight.
On Nov 10, 4:56 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Check out this comment on this op-ed. Sounds like something that > the Dems did in 2008 and this year both. > > 11/10/2010 - 4:06pm EDT |Tgossard > > My suggestion: a no-compromise, brick-wall stand that we will "stay the > course" on health care reform, and excoriate the GOP for repealing or > defunding any part of it. Tell the press every chance you get that *it > is working* now, today, tomorrow, helping individuals an families get > higher quality, lower cost health care. "And, it will only get better." > Make up stuff to show you are right if necessary (fake it 'til you make > it): invite individuals and heads of households to write the President, > then come to the White House and tell how health care reform is working > for them. Then find some who will do exactly that, one a week for say, > six months. Hold the initiative, and never give ground. > > Second, say to the people that you got the message about tax cutting, > and you now propose the following radical action. Keep the middle class > tax cut, don't waiver. Additionally, you propose "biggest tax cut ever > in the history of our nation" for small business owners, as the > centerpiece of to reduce unemployment immediately. A bill to return > money (in the form of tax relief to the state governors to use as they > need to return people to work. > > Do it, just do it, take the gamble it will work, then *make it work*, > any way, real or apparent. That way you don't have to spend anything > more (in actuality you will spend more). > > Rhetoric alone won't suffice to reverse the tide of public opinion, and > leave open the option (which later on you can exercise) to reduce > (increase) the program and expenses as needed. > > Democrats are smarter, are we not, and marginally more trusted by people > to manage the economy? We can also lie at least as well as the GOP I > should hope. It's a huge risk to take, but it might work to keep the > White House and regain House of Representatives in 2012. Beat the GOP by > seizing on their intention to cut and dismember, and spend by means of > short term revenue reduction through tax cuts or whatever traditional > Republican strategies have been. Don't pay any attention to tea > partiers. They will fade in due time if we seize and hold the > intitative, without sacrificing a jot of what we worked so hard and long > to achieve. No compromise meets no compromise, pick your winner. > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: This is a perfect example of why I don't read > > Leftist/Socialist publications... > Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:12:51 -0500 > From: Kerwin, Michael <[email protected]> > To: 'dick thompson' <[email protected]> > > _http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-cohn/79037/obama-60-minutes-big-gove...- > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
