The Sunday Talks were interesting for what they didn't say...
First no mention of the Miami Afro-Islamist "Terror Cell" smirkingly announced by the Torture Guy last week. Nothing! It was a non event as most things are involving black people in the main stream US media.
The notion of "amnesty" for Iraqi insurgents who "killed Americans" was the topic du jour...with Democrats trying to sneak to the right of the president by "abhoring" any consideration of such a thing...
Of course no one mentioned that the Green Zone Government is supposed to be "sovereign" in Iraq...NOT a US puppet! Again the idea of the Iraqi "people" or their supposed "government" simply asking the US to leave ASAP...seems to be getting more "doable" everyday.
My sense is that Hillary is toast as a viable presidential candidate...after all she was the victim of the Bill-Moncia Affair...and NO ONE really wants to relive that unpleasantness. But I think Hillary could be a great Senator from New York for years to come... Not bad for a "booby prize"....
I would like to see Democrats give up their search for a "new leader"...and start trying to define their agenda... something with a "name."
Perhaps...the "New Progressives"...or "Fairness for America" or "Born Again Democrats"...
TO WIN IN AMERICAN POLITICS TODAY YOU NEED A SIMPLE MOTTO OR SLOGAN...ONE THAT CAN BE REPEATED OVER AND OVER, UNTIL EVEN THE DULLEST VOTER "GETS IT."
SOMETHING LIKE "FLIP FLOP" OR "CUT AND RUN" EXCEPT FOR THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE...
DEMOCRATS DON'T HAVE A CLEAR LEADER...AND THEY DON'T HAVE A SIMPLE SLOGAN...AND THAT HAS BEEN THEIR DOWNFALL IN THE LAST TWO ELELCTIONS...
THE PROBLEM WITH SLOGANS IS THAT THEY GENERALLY WORK BEST WITH "NO-BRAINER" EMOTIONS...LIKE HATE, FEAR OR GREED...
AND ALAS, THE PROGRESSIVES ARE ALWAYS ARGUING FOR THE HIGHER IDEALS OF TOLERANCE AND FAIRNESS...WHICH OPERATE A BIT FURTHER UP THE BRAIN STEM...AND ARE LESS EASILY EXPLAINED AT THE "SLOGAN" LEVEL...
In other words...Progressives have to explain themselves...
Whereas folks like Dubya & Co can just keep barking out a SAME slogans of hate, fear or intolerance...and "connect" with their target audience.
Flip Flop Flip Flop...Cut and Run, Cut and Run...!
PROGRESSIVE SHOULD START COMING UP WITH SOME REALLY DAMNING SLOGANS ASAP...
AND IF THEY CAN'T THINK OF ANY BY NOW!!
....WELL MAYBE THEY DON'T DESERVE TO GOVERN!
