But isn't it okay to point out when somebody's level of communication (and how often do you really see Palin communicate otherwise?) devolves into knee-jerk sloganeering? Drill baby drill! Don't give any thought to long-term environmental damage, don't mention anything about costs or benefits, don't even think about discussing alternative forms of energy. Just shout "Drill baby drill" and then shut up. And I'm certainly not saying that it's a problem exclusively of the right. Hopeandchange was basically the same thing and THAT slogan got some guy elected.
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:01 PM, brad bauerly <bbauerly at gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the point of all of this? To show that the people beating us
> are dumb? What does that say about us? Bush is soooo stupid and now
> it is Palin is soooo stupid, what abunch of dumb hicks. Does it make
> you feel better to point out how dumb they are while they are winning?
> This is to personalize it in a very narrow way. It makes no different
> how dumb these individuals are because the movement is beating us-
> partly because the troupe of the common person actually works while
> elitist smite does not. There are plenty of smart people on the right
> if you want to personalize it. But I guess that would take something
> more than just saying look how dumb and hickish these people are, as
> they do things and have power in ways that you only dream of ever
> having.
>
> Brad
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