Posted by
John Finnigan on Friday, August 31, 2007 2:25:41 PM
Stomping your feet and calling your opponent names is seldom effective in defeating them. Therefore in the political arena using the bully pulpit as a substitute for effective and successful psychiatric therapy is seldom effective either. It might feel good to some, but often doesn’t result in real change. If Democrats what to trounce the rather poor slate of top tier candidates in the Republican field here are a few recommendations.
The successful democrat candidate will have to pick up 5 to 12% of the actual voters outside of his or her base. The so-called independents and or some of the so-called moderate republicans.
1: Put aside your rage at George Bush, Dick Chaney and Karl Rove. It will be hard, but if you do your chances of winning increase exponentially.
2: Propose a tax cut for everybody making under a hundred and twenty five thousand dollars a year.
3: Say bad things about the IRS.
4: Have somebody on your staff hold their nose and follow NASCAR. Study what they find, go to NASCAR events and try to have a good time. A few visits to the PBR wouldn’t hurt either.
5: Send Bill Clinton to Celebrity Bull Riding on Country Music Television.
6: Join the NRA. Okay, Okay, have the doctor double your Effexor prescription. It’s only until the election is over.
7: Have Hillary join Country music stars Big and Rich on stage and sing along to “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy.” Have singer Gretchen Wilson show Hillary how to ride a Cowboy.
8: Propose a big increase in the size of the military.
9: Join a conservative Mega-Church.
10. Purchase a small assault rifle. Well, maybe do this only if everything else fails.
If success if the best revenge, then the democrat candidate should try a few of these. If they do, they’ll scare the republicans to their core because they will have shown that they can think outside of the box.
John.