At HuffPo, Robert Creamer lists “10” key steps for Obama, but it all boils down to one:
LIE
Face it. If Obama told the truth about his platform, he’d get blown out like Mondale in ’84. “I want to raise taxes, regulate our economy into stagnation, and talk to terrorists until they blow us up, after which I would talk to them even more.”
No, he’s gotta put some bright-red, candy-flavored lipstick on the pig of his platform and hope folks’ll believe it’s Miss America.
Here’s the honest, straightforward, no-spin, no-BS version of Robert Creamer’s HuffPo piece:
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1). Target States — Spread the Field.
Lie to the people of the Midwest about sharing their values. Hopefully they’ve forgotten about that “bitter, clingy, racist, religious-zealot, gun-nut” comment.
2). Pour unlimited resources into Ohio.
Lie to the people of Ohio so much that Republicans will be FORCED to match your ad spending to point out what a liar you are.
3). Obama should not even think about opting into the system of public financing for the general election.
After you get elected, lie about how imperative campaign finance reform is, despite the fact that you couldn’t have gotten elected with such a system in place.
4). We must devote a mix of resources to persuasion and to mobilization that is appropriate to each state.
Lie to racist blacks, the ignorant young, and frustrated Republicans contemplating the “nuclear option” of voting in Carter 2.0 in 2008 in the hopes of getting a Reagan 2.0 in 2012.
5). Nationally, the campaign must create a mass movement.
Lie to a LOT of people.
6). Democrats must convince skeptical swing voters that Obama is safely on their side.
Lie a LOT to a lot of people.
7). Democrats need to convince swing voters that McCain would usher in a third Bush term — that he’s not the “independent-maverick” he pretends to be.
Lie about McCain actually being a Conservative. Basically just say whatever McCain does.
8) Democrats need to undermine public confidence in McCain’s competency and judgment with respect to the War in Iraq.
Lie about the war. Say things like “Only McCain would be stupid enough to believe that you can defeat terrorists by killing them”. Try to keep a straight face while doing so.
9). We need to drive the contrast between a change candidate with a vision for the future and a candidate steeped in the ways of Washington.
Lie about being a sleazy Washington tool. Honestly, how long does the “steeping” process take? If you’re still an “outsider” after working for the same company for THREE YEARS, you’re probably not very good at what you do. Which tells me that Obama is just a worthless slack-ass who’s not pulling his weight and is basically just stealing his paycheck.
10). Obama must continue to appeal proudly and self-confidently to progressive values.
Lie about the fact that “progressive values” is an oxymoron.
And most of all, lie BIG:
The magnitude of a lie always contains a certain factor of credibility, since the great masses of the people in the very bottom of their hearts tend to be corrupted rather than consciously and purposely evil, and that, therefore, in view of the primitive simplicity of their minds they more easily fall a victim to a big lie than to a little one, since they themselves lie in little things, but would be ashamed of lies that were too big. Such a falsehood will never enter their heads and they will not be able to believe in the possibility of such monstrous effrontery and infamous misrepresentation in others.
don’t forget, Obama has the support of 7 secret states that Republicans and most people who passed 4th grade Social Studies don’t even know about…and in those states dead people vote, and there are at least 2 meanings of the word “is”.
China was the Clinton’s benefactor and string-puller.
Saudi Arabia has been GW’s ‘best friend’ with ultimate veto power.
So, who is Obama beholden to? The Islamic world? Second and Third World oil? It’s hard to believe that he’s just the inocent, naive populist / socialist / isolationist he postures to be.
I think my favorite line in the original post might be “…Obama’s ability to reach out to independents and disaffected Republicans…”
I don’t think the Dems have yet realized that they might have pulled an even bigger John Kerry than the John Kerry election itself – nominating someone who is so repellent to centrists that, no matter how unpalatable the Republican candidate might seem, the Dems’ poop sandwich will taste that much worse. Most of the disaffected Republicans I know are disaffected because we’re bitter and clinging to our guns and religion. Electing a liberal isn’t going to give us more guns and religion, is it?
It’s as if, as the Republican party leadership has moved further and further to the left, the Dems feel they have to out-left the GOP to set themselves apart.
Let us dig up Reagan and have him stuffed by a taxidermist. He would likely win against this crew in spite of being unfortunately quite dead.
Fred X
Ask and ye shall receive.
Although, I’m pretty sure Zombie Reagan dug himself up.
Electing a liberal isn’t going to give us more guns and religion, is it?
No, but it might well give you more reasons to keep them.
…or rather, need for them.
I’m new around here…and all I can say is: God, I love this site.
I hope to be clever enough to one day participate in the witty banter.
Until then…thanks for the great laughs.
7). Democrats need to convince swing voters that McCain would usher in a third Bush term — that he’s not the “independent-maverick” he pretends to be.
Lie about McCain actually being a Conservative. Basically just say whatever McCain does.
Harvey, I remember Bill Clinton taking credit for bills passed by Congressional Republicans in the ’90’s after fighting them tooth and nail. Indeed, Obama WILL brand McCain as a “conservative” (a total falsehood) and he WILL wiggle his positions around to match McCain’s. Witness his recent flip-flops on Iran and Israel.
Obama will move to the center. “Turn Right” as it were. I said this months ago. By November, Obama will sound like a moderate Democrat.
“By November, Obama will sound like a moderate Democrat.”
Therefore I’ll make it my mission to remind people that he’s just another filthy, government-crazed, power-hungry socialist.
Which I’ve been saying for 4 years:
http://badexample.mu.nu/archives/039119.php
I read your link, Harvey. With your assumed permission:
“Nope.
What makes this country work is that your brother ISN’T your keeper. That you are not kept at all. That you are free to pursue your individual dreams WITHOUT your brother’s approval or interference.
Don’t get me wrong. I love my brother, and I’ll be happy to help him if he asks politely and says thank you afterwards, but that’s not “keeping”. That’s voluntary association, which is entirely different. It’s also a concept that socialists like Obama grasp weakly, if at all.
How well W and his Republican friends “get it” is arguable, but unless the Libertarian Party gets its head out of its ass on matters of national defense & security, I’m voting “R” come November.” -Harvey Olson
You and Frank are why I hang here.
#11 ~Jimmy
Which one is Obama, the white liberal or the black one?
JImmy, AMEN! If my “brother” desires to “keep me” without me asking for his keeping, I shall grab his head, pull it out of his ass, punch him in his stupid liberal face and then stuff it back up his ass so far he will NEVER be able to pull it out again…not that a liberal would desire their heads out of their asses which would cause a look at reality, where a head firmly planted up one’s ass is like sticking one’s head in the sand except with your head up your ass one is portable leaving liberals able to move from site to site oblivious but able to attempt to “keep their brothers” by sticking their heads up their asses too!
ussjc, it’s only 12:20 p.m. here and you just made me choke on my last cup of coffee!! Little coffee drops are slowly dripping down my monitor.
What is it about this place? This IMAO? With people like Frank and Harvey? And head-ripping ass-stuffers like you (and many others!)? Something about kindred spirits, I think…
It’s our haven from political correctness. (spit on the ground) Here I can say (type) what I’m really thinking. The only restrictions are those I place on myself such as;
Is it true? (not always, but hey!)
Is it necessary? (see above)
Is it kind? (a gentleman never unintentionally give offense)
Is it funny? (see above)
Is it correctly spelled? (if I can read it it’s good enough)
Is it short? (see above)
IMAO – iron sharpens iron! Nuke the Moon!
I hope to be clever enough to one day participate in the witty banter.
#8 – Posted by: PammyV on June 6, 2008 09:13 PM
Clever? Witty? No, we just cling to our guns and religion here. If you’re gun clingy and religiony, you can participate now.
Clever? Witty? No, we just cling to our guns and religion here. If you’re gun clingy and religiony, you can participate now.
Would a libertarian leaning conservative homeschooling mama suffice? Guns are OK by me,I say God Bless You to my elitist liberal SIL just to bug her, and I don’t want any of the “brothers” or “sisters” keeping me.
Oh and I wrote post of my own about BO being a socialist before I read it here.
Yeah, I think we could share a beer!
Clever? Witty? No, we just cling to our guns and religion here. If you’re gun clingy and religiony, you can participate now.
Would a libertarian leaning conservative homeschooling mama suffice? Guns are OK by me,I say God Bless You to my elitist liberal SIL just to bug her, and I don’t want any of the “brothers” or “sisters” keeping me.
Oh and I wrote post of my own about BO being a socialist before I read it here.
Yeah, I think we could share a beer!
Harvey, you’re right on the money. There’s something else to think about though. Generations of Americans have been being prepared for this election, this candidate: The Experiment
WOW!! This must be a white supremacist site? Wake up people, life is to short to spend your time bickering and spewing hate. You need to educate yourselves. Some of you have the nerve to complain about Jeremiah Wright’s comments but overlook your very own blatant racist remarks.
Educate yourself. Here is the truth. Look it up.
Michael Tsarion, ( The Great Irishman ) will teach you all you ned to know.
Daring to laugh at the laughable, ridicule the ridiculous and deflate the self-inflated is not racist, hateful or uneducated. It’s healthy and invigorating. A sense of humor is good for you; you should get one.
Again, you ppl are sick and full of hate….I have been trolling these right wing sites to get an idea of how they think….and it is scary listening to some of these comments….You ppl really are that afraid? have that much hate? enjoy seeing ppl killed? humans not having enough? fending for yourself? And if so, nobody has ever helped you? and if they have why should they? You beleive every man for themselves…..But you know what is even funnier is that it just reminds me that when ppl are really scared and they don’t know who they are, or how to respond, they do the only thing they know how…..RESPOND WITH FEAR…..FalseEvidenceAppearingReal……tht is all this garbage is…..Thank god I am enlightned….and you find me a Jesus, Moses, or anywhere in the bible tht ya’ll preach about so much where this type of behaviour is favored in the eyes of God……I DIDN’T THINK SO….GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!!!
OBAMA08/12!!!!
Yes, I hate.
I hate people who don’t write in complete sentences.
I hate people who abbreviate out of laziness.
I hate people who misspell words.
I hate people who don’t capitalize proper nouns like “God” and “Bible”.
But most of all, I hate socialists.
Which is why I hate Obama.
And that’s why I mock him as cruelly as I do – power-hungry statists like him need to be derided, belittled, and humiliated at every turn, because his fan base doesn’t believe in reason. It’s all about being cool. And if I can come up with a meme that will make Obama uncool, he’ll be undone.
See also: Dean Scream, Kerry Bunny Suit, Dukakis Tank.
I may not be able to do it, but I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t at least try.
Moses: Deut. 29:24-28
yea, all the nations would say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What means the heat of this great anger?’ Then men would say, ‘It is because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them; therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, bringing upon it all the curses written in this book; and the LORD uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as at this day.’
Jesus: Luke 21:25-
“And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, look up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
Well, he asked!