A hypothetical message for any Democratic candidate-critique

[bluedawg12]

We have been talking about a message that will resonate on Main street not Wall street.

Thoughts? Additions? Would it play in Peoria and Vidalia?
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For six years Americans have endured a tsunami of failure from the Repug administration and their failed, post- modern conservative, think tank, advisor's.

Taking over all three branches of the government has led to a loss of the federal surplus, a loss of a balanced budget, a perpetual war, and a decreasing quality of life for middle American’s struggling to pay for a gallon of gas so they can make it to work.

We were unprepared when tragedy struck on 9-11. We stood by this administration during that perilous time in our nations history. Far from coming out of it swiftly, we cleaned out the Taliban, only to bog down in another war, at a place and time of this administrations choosing.

Brave men and women in the national guard have been deployed and re-deployed and then returned yet again for another tour of duty, while the families they fight for here in American struggle to pay the bills on meager military salaries. And, when these young hero’s return home many face veterans administration benefit cuts, even while a few top executives earn $35 million dollars a year, personally, and their international corporations pay no taxes or very little, at all.

Iraq is a tough nut to crack, and we have now all been brought into it, with little help from over seas nations, as allies drop away one by one.

I say to the American people, it’s time to draw down, garrison, and train the Iraqi’s to defend their own homeland. We have every confidence that having opened the door to liberty and freedom the good people of Iraq will quickly learn to defend themselves in the way the engineers of this war envisioned.

We will draw down, garrison, and train the Iraqi’s. We will return our fighting men and women to defend our American soil and our borders, and they will be met with high regard, deep respect and great honor.


Democrats offer that vision for America. For American jobs. And for American security.

The lessons of 9-11 taught us the imperative for national security.
The lessons from hurricane Katrina taught us we had a long way to go.
With troops and materials stretched thin our own response was too slow, and not nearly enough when it finally came.
The importance of a working national first responder system is a challenge that Democrats will meet.
We will not be caught unaware a third time.
Democrats will not play the blame game- we are about making it work!

When out troops return home they will need jobs. Many Americans now need jobs.

Democrats have a deep and fundamental belief in an America that strengthens the middle class and gives hope that everyone can rise to the American dream!

The progressive Democratic vision of a bright, new future,
free from fear, and certain of success...
rising above the tide of corporate cynicism and permissive attitudes towards corporate greed.

Stopping the out flow of good jobs to cheap foreign labor markets, while our American middle class struggles, often two bread winners are not enough and families have to chose between paying the bills or spending time together.

Stopping the wasteful tax breaks for world wide corporate empires that off shore their earnings and hide them with clever accounting practices while hard working Americans shoulder the tax burden.

Democrats want to stop the corrupt scandals of a few that have washed away the retirement benefits of hard working Americans and CEO's who have blown money on lavish parties as heartlessly as hurricanes have blown away lives and homes.

The middle class is the heart and soul of America, those at the very top, those few, live off the hard work of the middle class. Those at the very bottom, far too many, can only be lifted up and when the middle class rises and they will only prosper in a new tomorrow so long as we keep the middle class strong.

We will enact measures that curtail the out sourcing of good paying American jobs in the name of globalization and free trade.

No other nation on this planet has worked so hard to send meaningful work away from her own shore in the name of good earnings reports.

We will protect and defend our sovereign borders north and south, east and west.

Work, benefits, and a home in America are not rights owed to all the nations of the world , it is a matter of prudent policy and the wise regulation of a visiting work force, based on need, not greed.

The needs and rights and benefits of American workers and the American middle class and their security and that of their family, are the chief concerns of the Democratic party.

We believe that more unites us as Americans than divides us. We believe that together we are stronger when we stand as one than when we allow ourselves to be divided. It is time to put aside arbitrary red and blue divisions, it is time to return to being the great people that first put a man on the moon, gave flight to mankind, and whose bold visions and hard work truly make us, “We the people.”

[crispini]

1. Too long.

And too complicated. You need to figure out what the one main point is, and reiterate it, with variations. What do you want your audience to leave thinking? What do you want your audience to go home and tell their neighbors and coworkers over the watercooler? What's the one thing you can boil it down to?

[bluedawg12]

2. You have a good, great point I fell into the hot air trap. n/t

[bluedawg12]

3. Dang, it became a state of the onion message.

Good feed back. It's got to be simple and repetitious.

[MissMarple]

4. Good ideas, just keep it simple. Condense.

Keeping America strong to provide protection from our enemies, both domestic and foreign requires more than just a strong military. We must protect our democratic ideals. We need a just legal system, we need to promote the general welfare, as in education, affordable health care, a hand up when we need one, sharing our largess when we don't, and we must promote a healthy environment so our children can have the opportunities we want for them. And while the business of America may be business, and we support that, American business must promote the well being of America, as well.

Democratic ideals are best protected by a strong people, a fair people who respect each other, who look out for each other and protect the individual rights of American citizens, regardless of race, creed, or national origin.

While many things contribute to our strength as a nation, we have to come together as a community, or we most certainly will lose as individuals standing alone, or as disparate groups fighting for power.

Oh, dear. Who dragged in the soap box? You got me started. :)

[bluedawg12]

5. That was great! I think it is helpful for us

to bat around ideas- we get clearer on our own thinking and it helps when we speak to others about the issues and may even win some converts!

[MissMarple]

6. I think you're right!

And thanks. :)

[OneBlueSky]

7. or how about something simple and concise . . . like . . .

"We, the People, will not vote for any candidate who accepts any corporate contributions of any kind."

[bluedawg12]

8. Even if the Dems stopped accepting corp. money

the other side would not.

[OneBlueSky]

10. which would be a GREAT selling point in the campaign . . . n/t.

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[bluedawg12]

9. OK, maybe too long, but do ANY of these ideas resonate for dems?

Is this a message, or something like this but better written :),

I am wondering about the concepts?

Failed war. Death of middle class.

I think the middle class issue is the one that will cross red/blue lines.

[dorktv]

11. Tax Wealth Not Poverty