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emanymton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 07:59 AM
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Take No Knife To This Gunfight! As The Republican Candidate ...
"... are you more likely support President Bush's programs than I am?"

November 2006 elections are about to happen. We The People must take every opportunity to hold the GOP accountable. A way to do this is to win at the polls. A way to win is to follow a simple approach suggested by Robert J. Elisberg.


Robert J. Elisberg wrote:

"... First - in every campaign appearance, every TV ad and every face-to-face debate, Democratic candidates should ask one very simple question: "As the Republican candidate, are you more likely support President Bush's programs than I am?"

snip ...

Second - should a Republican candidate insist there are many fine Republican programs he supports, what the Democratic candidate should reply is, "Cool. Name the Republican programs you support." Then sit down.

snip ...

Third and finally - a Democratic challenger should ask any Republican incumbent: "Do you stand by your vote supporting the Iraq War?"

snip ..."

Go to for a complete reading of his ideas.

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/how-to-run-a-democratic-c_b_28747.html>

I do not agree with him about sitting down while the opponent digs his hole.


Bush Lied. People Died. Media Cheered.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 08:06 AM
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1. We need to ask every republican candidate: Where is Osama
Why have we not caught Osama bin Laden after 5 years?
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Parisle Donating Member (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 08:21 AM
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2. "Programs?" ...Too Vague...
---- We already know that the economic fortunes of lower- and middle-class America have emerged as a potentially decisive issue in the upcoming midterms. And while Bush's Big Oil buddies are busily lowering gas prices to give the GOP a perceived lift, it still stands that the economy is only "hummng" for the most affluent. This would be a decisive issue in any election in years past.

---- But it takes a little effort,.. democrats need to do their homework. Get to the bottom of those deceptively-mild unemployment figures. Preach the drop in real income from the highest pulpits. Use a Perot-esque approach to illustrate the real dangers of the gargantuan debt being accumulated by the Bush administration. The War on the Middle Class is real, for Christ's sake. Use it.
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emanymton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-06-06 12:32 PM
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3. Welcome To DU - Agree With Your Points
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