Congrats, Karl Rove, you win this round

[yesthattom]

Congrats, Karl. We fell for it. We *all* fell for it.

For the last 2 weeks we Democrats have completely stopped telling people about our plans for making life better for Americans (healthcare, jobs, education, energy) and got totally distracted by ranting about hockey moms, airplanes not sold on eBay, and other things.

As a result, McCain's polling higher and we're polling lower. Yes, you can debate the validity of these polls, but the plain truth is that he got us off message.

Heck! Look at my own LJ! It is full of videos that talk about McCain and Palin being bad, not about Obama and the hope and goodness his policies will bring to America.

• When we bash a "hockey mom", the subliminal suggestion is that we don't like mom's in general. That's bad.
• When we talk about the airplane that didn't get sold on eBay, the subliminal message is that John "I don't know how to use a computer" McCain suddenly knows what eBay is... hmm... now we are subliminally associating him with technology.
• When we laugh that Palin's doesn't know The Bush Doctrine, the subliminal message is that the Democrats are concerned with something that most people don't understand (the association is that "if I don't understand it, it can't be important")
• When we gripe about her church, we sound intollerant of diversity and rally the base (that base that we had assumed would be so un-enthusiastic that they wouldn't vote)
• By comparing Palin's lack of experience to Obama's experience, we send a subliminal message that they are equals worth comparing (we should compare her to Biden, duh!)

Yes, Rove, you've kept us off message for about 2 full weeks. You bastard. I hate when your tactics work.

However, now we see what you are doing. I will not fall for it in the coming weeks.

While we should continue to read the anti-McCain web sites and continue the meme of "If McCain lies in the campaign, he'll lie to us if elected." But otherwise it is back to the message of Hope for me. Obama's policies (especially his Technology and Dealing with the negative influence of lobbyists policies) are exactly what America needs.

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Now let's get to the issues, like Obama did yesterday:

Comments

Thanks Tom.

[jreilly4261.livejournal.com]

We needed this wake up call and analysis. I'm excited about the prospects for ensuring health care to every person in this country. I'm desperate for the economic sabotage stop, and for us to focus on solving financial woes in sustainable, responsible ways. I will cry when we lose our last soldier to a war built on lies, power-grabs, and oil profits. But those tears will be in relief that he or she is the last, that neither Palin's nor Biden's children will face returning home in a body bag, unsure why they died.

I look forward to the day we are a strong nation in spite of our military strength, not because of it. Barack Obama will bring that day. Barack Obama is Change I Can Believe In!

Re: Thanks Tom.

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Rock on!

[awfief.livejournal.com]

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On everything you say except:

continue the meme of "If McCain lies in the campaign, he'll lie to us if elected."

The meme is "McCain is lying to us now, and he will continue to do so as president."

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

I don't like using the phrase "as president" with "McCain". It has a subliminal suggestion that he COULD be president. I'd rather say, "McCain is lying to use now, and he will continue to do so if god forbid he is elected." (though I'd rather not associate him with the mental image of being elected either)

Tom

[awfief.livejournal.com]

True, but definitely let's not associate "if" with his lying. There's no "if" about it.