Reply #16: "We" don't have a message, and we won't by November either

[oxbow]

This is a good example of how the GOP works: An order comes down from on-high in the form of Ken Mehlman telling all the other elephants that they are now free to disagree with the President on Iraq without repercussions. They are ordered to focus on the broader WOT instead and strike home that the "defeat-o-crats" are weak on security. Everybody complies, everybody uses the same talking points, and the beast speaks with one loud voice to the people.

Now see how the Democrats work: Everybody thinks through the issue and makes the decision that is best for their consciense/situation/whatever. The DNC tries to get people behind a unified strategy but it is so hazy and ambiguous (in order to accomodate the "big tent") that it gets lost in the noise of the corporate owned media machine. The loud, unified voice of the beast all but drowns it out.

Now, would I want to change the way this works on the Democratic side? Hell no! Reality is messy and there are as many ways of looking at it as there are people. I wouldn't want our party to turn into the fascism-lite that the GOP controls their members and the masses with; that would kill everything that is good about being a liberal! Instead, I would hope that people will eventually be able to see through the smoke and mirrors of the GOP spin cycle and realize that they are being pandered to. That's what I'm working towards, is a more enlightened communtiy around me.