The Democrats’ Secret Formula for Winning in 2012

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Enlarge the war in Afghanistan & remove any time limits for withdrawal

2. Cut Social Security & Medicare

3. Reduce corporate taxes

4. Invent more money & push it into Wall Street

5. Devote Federal resources to harassing & prosecuting marijuana smokers in Medical Marijuana & decriminalized states

6. Privatize the educational system

7. Show that you’re not a traditional Democrat by alienating unions

8. Push conservative over liberal candidates in all available cases

9. Show the Teabaggers you’re on their side by insulting and alienating liberals

10. Propose regulations on industry & let lobbyists write the rules

11. Appoint an anti-consumer industry shill to head the Consumer Finance Protection Agency

[speppin]

1. most of the points are already in progress by the WH and Dems.

[NC_Nurse]

2. In other words, stay the course.

[Fearless]

16. +1

[Jackpine Radical]

25. Right.

[Vincardog]

3. How many dimensional Chess is that?

[villager]

4. the head/sand crowd has already registered their displeasure with your post!

"Truthiness" isn't for them, it seems...

[jmowreader]

5. You forgot number 12

Jettison the Donkey as its mascot, adopting the African Elephant instead.

[Octafish]

6. That's how it appears to lower-level types like me.

If I may throw a few more up to the leadership ranks:

12. Prosecute Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy while allowing Alberto Gonzalez and Karl Rove to run free.

13. Destroy all whistle-blowers, particularly those who expose government corruption.

14. Execute at will those, be they terrorist or citizen, deemed "enemies of the state."

Edit: Typo and to add:

Kicked and Recommended and the counter stayed at "zero."

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Truly deserving additions.

Thank you.

[coti]

7. Yes, this is the truth, but you'll get unrecced.

And maybe even locked.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Wouldn't be the first time for either event.

[fascisthunter]

10. lalalalalalalalalalala....

"I can't hear you..."

What you state is already happening.

Oh... I recced but it is still at zero.

[Blue Owl]

11. Sure seems like that's the plan at this juncture

:wtf:

[deaniac21]

12. Invent money? Don't you mean print?

[Jackpine Radical]

13. Yes.

I was using "invent" somewhat figuratively to describe the creation of money that is backed by no new value in the system.

[mmonk]

14. It's been in full swing.

Getting a Republican majority so as to make sure it all happens has been accomplished.

[gratuitous]

15. Don't we need a Wal*Mart vice president to head up the Department of Labor?

And the final step, sit back and wonder why your base isn't all fired up about getting out the vote. Don't they realize what a difference it makes to have Democrats at the helm, instead of those awful Republicans?

[rug]

17. #1 is half done. They're working on the other half.

[B Calm]

18. Well, it's been a winning strategy for republicans. . .

[chill_wind]

19. Wow. For a second, I thought that read Republicans' Winning Formula.

K & R.

[JackRiddler]

20. You forgot the secret weapon.

Sustain and survive continuous absurdist attacks from Republican "investigations" for trivial or invented incidents of personal sin, until everyone's sick of hearing about bullshit and blames the Republicans enough that you can turn it to your personal advantage in the same way Clinton did.

The primary work of Clinton after 1994 was to get reelected without looking liberal, and after 1996 to survive the full term without being removed from office. He won, big fucking deal.

[SoCalDem]

21. Switch parties?..become republicans?...n/t

[Winterblues]

22. I have no money, all I have is a single vote, but I don't think they deserve even that..

Next election I do believe I will sit it out....I refuse to vote for more Republican legislation, like what Democrats have been proposing..

[bobbolink]

23. Please don't forget the REAL winner... finish shredding the safety net.

Getting rid of freeloaders is always a winner.

[SidDithers]

24. Unrec...nt

Sid

[Jackpine Radical]

26. Well, thanks for the kick, anyway.