Reply #63: Yes, you're right, but

[moggie12]

As I mentioned in another thread a few days ago, I most often agree with your major point, but usually differ with you in the conclusions. i agree with you that while some Dems are "telling the truth" (Boxer, e.g., and some others today during the Rice hearing), others can't quite bring themselves to take the leap.

I don't see the reasons for this quite as starkly as you, however. I think some of them fear the truth won't sink into the propaganda-filled heads of many Americans. Many Americans seem to have swallowed the FOX propaganda about Iraq being an essential part of the "war against terrorism" and are now predisposed to see Democratic objections to the war as "unpatriotic" and "partisan" and "typical knee-jerk anti-war wimpy Democratic whining".

The people that voted for Kerry already see the truth. It's the ones who voted for Bush we have to convince -- somehow we have to un-brainwash them. The only way to do it, in my opinion, is to do something that grabs their attention, which I think this legislative agenda will. To me, being able to whack the Bushies with this agenda is a good thing in and of itself. In my mind, it's an essential part of the strategy to turn around the framework of the debate. Then, and only then, I think, will the Bush voters be RECEPTIVE to the truth. So, my feeling is, break the stereotype, then zoom in and see if we can get these poor deluded people to WAKE UP and see what's been going on. (Boy, are they gonna be mad when they realize what a gigantic mess Bush has made of our economy and the world...)


P.S. Was running off in a rush to pick up my son when I was finishing my original message to you. When I got back and re-read it, it sounded rather rude (especially the title). Sorry for that, if that's how you read it as well.