Get ready for Operation Cantor
posted at 1:05 pm on March 10, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
The White House has decided that they’ve run out of distraction value with Rush Limbaugh and have a new target set for their attack machine. Politico reports that the Rahm Emanuel-David Axelrod Perpetual Campaign Squad has its sights set on Rep. Eric Cantor, the rising Republican star:
For all the focus on the king of conservative talk, Democrats may have found a more important villain in House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, a telegenic young Republican trying to bring life to his party on Capitol Hill.
As the Virginia Republican fights President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority on everything from spending to stem cells, the Democrats are racing to introduce him to voters before he can introduce himself.
- At last month’s White House summit on entitlement reform, Obama painted Cantor as a poster child for obstructionism. “I’m going to keep on talking to Eric Cantor,” the president said. “Someday, sooner or later, he’s going to say, ‘Boy, Obama had a good idea.’”
- In a Washington Post op-ed last week, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said Rush Limbaugh’s voice “could be heard in the words of new Republican quarterback Eric Cantor.”
- In robocalls aimed at potentially vulnerable Republicans in Michigan, Florida and California, union groups are urging voters to ask their representatives why they’re “following the ‘party of no’ and its Republican leader, Eric Cantor.”
- In a series of TV spots, Americans United for Change identified Cantor as one of the Republican leaders who have stood with Limbaugh and opposed Obama’s stimulus plan.
Maybe the Democrats should concern themselves with governing instead of campaigning. Instead of picking new faces for the White House Enemies List, maybe they should concentrate on finding people to work at Treasury. They seem more interested in demonizing opposition Republicans than in doing the basic vetting on their nominees to ensure ordinary tax compliance.
And by the way, where is the Grand Plan that Tim Geithner and Barack Obama promised? When can we expect Obama and his Gang That Couldn’t Gift Straight to do the jobs they were elected to do, rather than just plot the next campaign? Or is that above everyone’s pay grade?
Blowback
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No way. I thought Newt rocked back in 1993, and for the most part still think he’s one of the smartest guys around. Sometimes his energy is a little misdirected.
BigD on March 10, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Oh, my God, Barack. Just start a “Bogeyman o’ d’ Month” club and be done with it.
We’re doomed.
tree hugging sister on March 10, 2009 at 1:08 PM
That’s about the size of it!
youngTXcon on March 10, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Because O-bots are tormented by the thought that someone disagrees with them. They’re also tormented by the thought that their Messiah might just be a few bricks shy of a load. Vitriol helps to cover it up.
ddrintn on March 10, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Stop feeding the trolls plz!!
Thanks.
Chaz706 on March 10, 2009 at 4:42 PM
On George Soro’s desk………..
…………. and they are following it, step by step.
Seven Percent Solution on March 10, 2009 at 4:44 PM
You guys are fascinating. BHO has 65% support. Of that 35%, 20% are probably just racist a-holes with no real political opinion. That leaves 28%, which coincidently was the Decider’s approval rating. It’s you 28%ers that are determined to go down with the ship. The true party of no. No recovery, no jobs, no stem cells. No bailouts. Nothing. Just no.
The 28%ers out there are really fascinating! Who wants to read the stuff that you know already and agree with???
5 points to the first response that mentions activist judges!
capitulus on March 10, 2009 at 4:48 PM
No we can’t.
getalife on March 10, 2009 at 4:51 PM
I respectfully disagree. Pound them and hold them accountable for their misstatements. When they try to shift the conversation off-topic, pound them and hold them accountable for that. If that behavior continues, then ignore. IMHO.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)
Neo-con Artist on March 10, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Oooohhhh Nooooo!!!! Someone’s trying to prove a point by parodying meaningless campaign slogans!!!! However shall I respond? I’m stumped! Maybe Obama was right. Maybe we can create jobs and wealth by raising taxes to fund pet projects and regulating industries until it’s too expensive for them to function. Because Hope! Change! Who can argue with that?
patriette on March 10, 2009 at 5:05 PM
How can we be marginalized if you are still paying attention to us? unless…..
neuquenguy on March 10, 2009 at 5:07 PM
I would like to pose an argument to change how we refer to network news organizations and the media in general. I know most conservatives believe words mean things. We spend a lot of time parsing words on both sides of the isle and doing our best to expose elected officials inconsistencies. For whatever reason even Republicans are afraid to call a spade a spade, which is why I wince whenever I see conservative bloggers refer to News programs, channels, or papers as the MSM (Main Stream Media). In a way it feels like we are conceding yet another point that they are more important than we are. This story provides a perfect opportunity to change how we refer to the media with a more descriptive name of DPM (Democrat Propaganda Machine). I have no illusions that by doing this it will change their minds but I HOPE it will CHANGE the way they cover stories and maybe they will feel a little shame (ha ha) for being the mouth piece of a political party and advancing the dems talking points. Yet, I am aware of our constant struggle of looking for validation from this same media and I know “IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!”
After all they are trying to do the same with Rush Limbaugh by painting him as the leader of the GOP.
lwssdd on March 10, 2009 at 5:32 PM
The trash talk is amusing, but are you able to present a logical case for your belief in the wisdom of our new messiah?
I won’t be holding my breath.
ddrintn on March 10, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Wonder if the MSM will play along though? He’s not as well-known as Rush and Palin…
Dr. ZhivBlago on March 10, 2009 at 5:36 PM
While we’re on the subject of polls, what percentage of Americans would you think describe itself as “liberal”?
ddrintn on March 10, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Welcome to the Bolshevik US. Either these worms are stopped dead in their tracks or this will go the same way that other Bolshevik revolution went.
Let them start into Cantor. He can handle himself and will realize that Rush’s call for the need for this junta to fail is self-evident. This is the moment.
progressoverpeace on March 10, 2009 at 5:50 PM
And what about the 53% that just told pollsters they think we’re heading into a depression? Do their opinions count for less than the 128% of the public that support Obama? Or are they the same people, and they support Obama because they want him to take us into a depression? Which aspects of government are subject to public approval, and which are the parts that Charlie Rangel says are “none of our g-damn business?” Maybe some nice troll will drop by and leave a two-sentence post that explains it all.
Doctor Zero on March 10, 2009 at 5:53 PM
I’ll take a stab at it, Doc:
1.) It doesn’t matter if the 128% overlaps the 65% from two weeks ago or the 86% from I-Day or the 55% from the latest Ras poll – or even the 70% from this point in Peanut’s term – because Pres’ent Dear Fearless Leader’s got two words for us all: “I won,” apparently for life.
2.) According to Charles, Earl of Rangel, the parts that are none of our business amounts to: all of it, especially any parts he controls personally.
If I can go overbudget by one sentence, let me say that I only wish I was joking…
Blacksmith on March 10, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Try 56%…and falling like a rock.
angryed on March 10, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Lib trolls….do you see a trend here?
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history
angryed on March 10, 2009 at 6:29 PM
President Urkel and his merry band of tax cheats, anti-semites, America haters, and inept nincompoops have to find strawmen and opposition party members to demonize lest the American people affix the blame for this miserable failure of leadership and major economic decline on the personalities and parties where in the blame lies.
The same parties the lame GOP party leader, at the time, and presidential candidate, John McCain, was derelect in duty in not exposing thus letting capitalism itself take the blame.
The affirmative action promoting Dems in the house and Senate, Fannie and Freddie and her defenders and supporters, hustlers of the Dem party enriching themselves via campaign finance abuse, tax evasion and manipulation of the gov’t backed housing scamdale that Fannie and Freddie was and is are to blame for the current crisis. Them and them alone.
This is where the blame lies and President Pinnochio is shameless in his abuse of the American family and generations of Americans to come, in order to use a crisis he and his party created to advance their socialistic aims and party power.
Hopefully the American people will wake up before its too late and retribution will be swift and sure in cleansing the system of these maggots.
dhunter on March 10, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Capit ….
if you are going to spew such BS you should at least get paid for it…hmm much like female sluts
Jamson64 on March 10, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Funny same polls say country going in wrong direction hmmmm Americans have a disconnect what a surprise. Remember most Americans thought the Repubs ran Congress the past two years.
You hook up to the wagon? Roflmao
Jamson64 on March 10, 2009 at 6:46 PM
That made me spit out a good 1.75 worth of merlot!
anniekc on March 10, 2009 at 6:53 PM
An analogy. more or less.
To win an NCAA basketball game, you must play “your game”. If you continue to play the other team’s game, you lose.
McCain, Palin, Rush, Cantor, etc. The usurper is wasting the shot clock trying to figure out who’s on the other team. In the end, he will lose.
NEVER AGAIN!
Blacksmith8 on March 10, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Capitulus, the Obamessiah does not have 65% support. Its more like he has 50% support of Democrats and 15% of Republicans who don’t want the phone operator to think they are racist.
Speedwagon82 on March 10, 2009 at 7:07 PM
I’ve also wondered why Jews and Asians are for the most part Democrats. Both groups love money (I don’t mean this in a deragatory way), are self-starters, and generally own their own businesses. Thus, they should be conservatives. People are always amazed that I’m such a staunch conservative. In actuallity, conservatism has nothing to do with race or how much money you make. The left unfortunately stereotypes conservatives as rich white bigots.
Callie C. on March 10, 2009 at 7:31 PM
AP, if you ban capitulus and getalife, I promise to read 10 “Rush isn’t our leader” threads. That is how annoying they are.
Speedwagon82 on March 10, 2009 at 7:43 PM
This reminds me of Adolf Hitler abandoned invading Britain after his Luftwaffe got destroyed over British skies and the English Channel and turning his attention to Russia.
Rush can’t be beaten or intimidated; whatever Obama throws at him, he throws right back.
History repeats itself.
technopeasant on March 10, 2009 at 7:54 PM
LOL.
chunderroad on March 10, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Obama is grasping at straws. He can’t take down Rush; Sarah is too far away and temporarily not a player and so he focuses in on Cantor, because he has been a little more outspoken than the rest.
By the way, for the 4th straight day Obama has had a 43% disapproval rating.
technopeasant on March 10, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Obviously the presence of WMD’s was the key fact in selling the war. There is just no way we would or could start a pre-emptive war without framing it as somehow defensive on our part. Don’t be so naive to think that we would enter into such a risky proposition “to bring freedom to others”, or that such a sales tactic could ever be effective on the American people. It is just insulting to claim we are that stupid.
This statement is just comical. There is almost unanimous agreement amongst experts that this was one of the most poorly planned wars in history. One blunder after another showed that the post-war planning consisted mainly of “sit back and catch rose petals.” Example: Current troop rotation schedules and stop-loss Another Example: Dismissing the Iraqi Army. I could go on all day.
The consensus of intelligence experts has been that these contacts never led to an operational relationship, and that consensus is backed up by reports from the independent 9/11 Commission, declassified Defense Department reports as well as by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, whose 2006 report of Phase II of its investigation into prewar intelligence reports concluded that there was no evidence of ties between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda. On April 29, 2007, former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet said on 60 Minutes:
It really is sad to just see everyone make things up when the information is so easily accessible. Please, read some books on the history and strategy of wars. There is no question amongst reasonable people whatsoever that the Iraq war has been a disaster. Just because it was born of a GOP administration is no reason to excuse it and pretend it is a success. It is this delusional wishful thinking that is killing this party.
maleman on March 10, 2009 at 7:59 PM
I’d like to see them add a “despise” category and see how that goes.
progressoverpeace on March 10, 2009 at 8:01 PM
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on March 10, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Do trolls have real jobs? Just curious.
PrincipledPilgrim on March 10, 2009 at 8:16 PM
If Obama tries to vilify Eric Cantor enough, maybe we should add him to the list as potential candidates in 12
darktood on March 10, 2009 at 9:06 PM
35-20=28?
Interesting, indeed.
MadisonConservative on March 10, 2009 at 9:15 PM
in fairness to that poister, I think he meant 20 % OF the 35 % which is 7 %…. so 35-7=28.
That being said, I still await his reasoned, logical explanations for his posting, along with how he intuitively knows who is racist in their heart by their political leanings….
Red State State of Mind on March 10, 2009 at 9:41 PM
True that!
Oh, and President TelePrompter lost another nominee today-Freeman- who had some big connections with China & the Saudis!
Funny, Eric Cantor is not dependent on a teleprompter!!
TN Mom on March 10, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Hey asswipe,
The ball has been in your court since Nov. 4th.
Obama will be known as Bush III. Get used to it. I can hear the chants now.
“Bush III”
Sapwolf on March 10, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Hey Ed, just because the fools at Politico print something doesn’t make it true. Their a joke at getting anything right. Cantor doesn’t have enough name recognition to even go after. Must be a slow news day at Hotair. Dow was up 380, but that doesn’t get reported, only if it goes down. At least make an attempt at being objective.
athensboy on March 10, 2009 at 10:01 PM
We are all 28%ers… that is how much my stock is worth since Obamination came into office
momof2 on March 10, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Pre-emptive means the suspicion of WMDs was justification enough for war, a point that I elaborated on nough already.
Mistakes happen in wars. Nobody can plan for the unexpected. However, we had 4000 casualties and wrapped it up more or less in four years. Not too bad and nothing to suggest there was no planning.
After the fact. They reached this consensus while reviewing information.
Wow. You really bring some hard-hitting facts to the table here. The logic you present and phrasing of your arguments leads me to believe you just are just graduating high school. Your parents must be so proud.
chunderroad on March 10, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Northern Virginia is now riddled with Democrats, who are careerists and bureaucrats in the federal government. Check out the bumper stickers on the cars in their parking lots. These government tools are all Democrats, and Obama is intent on building even more bureaucracy with his pie-in-the-sky programs. Where do you think he is getting his inflated new jobs numbers? And these jobs will have no layoffs.
onlineanalyst on March 10, 2009 at 11:46 PM
I love seeing an up day for the Dow. Unlike some sacks of sh!t who were willing to see US troops annihilated in Iraq just to make Dubya look bad, I don’t want to see the economy tank just to see Obama’s poll numbers go down. Get it?
ddrintn on March 10, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Baghdad Bob? Is that you?
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on March 10, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Did we lose the war in Iraq, and a vengeful Iraqi Republican Guard seize, say, Long Island and demand reparations? That would be a “disastrous loss.”
Did we lose the war in Iraq, leave with our tails tucked for protection, redeploying forces over the horizon, to allow Iraq and a neighboring country (say, Sudan) sink into a bloody mess, “killng fields” and all? That would be a “strategic loss.”
Did we even lose the war in Iraq? That would be, at best, a “marginal loss.”
I’d say we won. Our troops took losses – that happens in a war. The plan goes out the window the moment contact with the enemy is achieved – “That’s why he’s called the enemy.” Our troops are still in place however, and have taken orders-fewer casualties than wars that were fought for less time in the past (see for example what disease did to US forces in Cuba a little over a century ago). The rate of attacks against them has gone down to the point that I cannot recall the last time the press mentioned it offhand (note: iirc, the bombings over the weekend targeted civillians, and were presented in what few reports I could find as such). For the time being, foreign unlawful fighters are avoiding Iraq like it’s a black hole – and for them it is, thanks to the renewed vigor and refreshed strategies with which we fight. We are drawing down forces – not out of defeat, but to redeploy them to a different, hotter theater in the larger Long War. Nations in the region that had been pursuing WMD without being listed in the “Axis of Evil” have come clean and put those development programs on hold. That’s more than just a “marginal victory” – it is a solid “strategic victory.” It would be an “overwhelming victory,” but for the errors in the early stages. But that’s only to be expected – every war is planned to go well at the start. See above comments defining “enemy.”
You presumably call yourself reasonable. Of those who refuse to see the facts on the ground as they currently stand, and reiterate bedtime nightmare stories told us by those who styled themselves our betters from two years ago and more – those who have fled the country with their tails protectively placed, heads hanging in the defeat of their purpose – I have a different opinion.
Blacksmith on March 11, 2009 at 12:03 AM
The WMD story goes even further. It was Libya’s capitulation, as you mentioned, that not only stopped its own nuke program and came clean, but revealed to us the true depth and mechanisms of the AQ Khan network, which was the most dangerous flow of nuclear technology on Planet Earth. The Iraq War ended up netting far more WMD (and far more important WMD) than anyone had ever imagined.
progressoverpeace on March 11, 2009 at 12:10 AM
If the bush depression is over, then anything else that goes wrong with the economy is now Obama’s fault.
Yep. I expect you to be backing away from that statement within 48 hours, if not sooner.
[ I'm ignoring, for the moment, your constant attempts to implant the idea of a "bush depression" in our minds. I know that's what you're aiming for, but it's not going to work. ]
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on March 11, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Got to remember to keep the words small and the sentences short for the understanding-impaired.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on March 11, 2009 at 12:22 AM
Well, yeah. Obama voters can’t get past “hope” and “change” and “Bush”.
ddrintn on March 11, 2009 at 12:27 AM
The quaint economic understanding of the O-bot. A one-day rally means “Happy Days Are Here Again!”
ddrintn on March 11, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Oh sure. That would have just required invading an ally of ours — Pakistan — that has nuclear weapons and was cooperating with us hand-in-glove, and probably causing the government of the country to be overthrown.
Brilliant plan.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on March 11, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Oh, I think you’re too harsh. One particularly sorry specimen of a troll has at least admitted that the economic downturn can no longer be blamed on Bush.
Definite progress. And here I had thought he was ineducable.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on March 11, 2009 at 12:43 AM
Noooo!
I want more libs here!
I want to know what they’re
thinkingfeeling without having to go to their awful sites.jgapinoy on March 11, 2009 at 12:52 AM
Ha, what losers. If you want to talk about destroying people before they have a chance to grow, Lee Atwater was the man. His first campaign he was running a Republican against a Democrat who was jewish, and so Atwater got a third party candidate to run on the “Because I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ” platform. It’s real dirty, but I love it. He was a brilliant man.
galenrox on March 11, 2009 at 1:03 AM
Obama loves targeting the Jews for destruction. That’s his thing.
georgealbert on March 11, 2009 at 6:07 AM
And by the way, where is the Grand Plan that Tim Geithner and Barack Obama promised? When can we expect Obama and his Gang That Couldn’t Gift Straight to do the jobs they were elected to do, rather than just plot the next campaign? Or is that above everyone’s pay grade?
Ed Morrissey
Goodness, Ed, keep this up and I will develop a man-crush.
I like the cut of your jib, son.
SKYFOX on March 11, 2009 at 6:23 AM
I wish the Good Lord had not forgotten to issue these liberal pissants a backbone at birth.
Lincoln Cadillac on March 11, 2009 at 7:20 AM
Attacks on persons from the man and his team in public housing at 1600 Penna Ave are golden gifts of free press.
This is SOOOOO high school.
Col.John Wm. Reed on March 11, 2009 at 7:57 AM
To play devil’s advocate: IF they were banned, are we not then stifling freedom of speech? One of the rights I fear we’re in danger of losing in this new era of socialistic proclamations.
Trolls only exist to annoy and incite with their thrusts of ignorance and stupidity. I know it’s difficult to ignore their inane ramblings and the need to respond is overwhelming. If we refuse to “feed” them, they will soon lose interest and go away all on their own. What purpose do they serve if they get no response?
just a thought.
ladyhawke53 on March 11, 2009 at 8:16 AM
Do you want to put an end to all this Saul Alinsky crap?
To do so, we need only escalate our response to their tactics. How so? Alinsky’s Rules can only work under the premise that their targets (and society) will act civilly, within the law, and within “normal, polite” behavior, while they violate every norm and use every dirty trick, including breaking the law with impunity. As long as our responses are predictable and traditional, they will win every time.
Change our predicted behavior, and your disrupt the Alinsky program.
The following are suggestions on how to beat them at their own game. They are not for the faint of heart. And I do not advocate violence. These are ideas, and ideas only.
When they try to destroy the reputation and credibility of Cantor or Limbaugh (or anybody else like Joe the Plumber), they we return the favor by going after one of their “heroes” or their leadership cadre. They have data miners sniffing dirt on us, we should have data miners doing the same to them. Pick both national and local officials and leaders to investigate.
When Democratic Party officials start breaking privacy laws as they did with Joe the Plumber, then respond with tactics such as “dumpster diving”, or hire private detectives to research their background looking for any and all dirt. Any other criminal or suspicious behavior in their individual histories get turned over to the US Attorney, become our press releases and useful blog fodder when the traitor media tries to spike the story.
If the Democrats uses proxies like Moveon.org or ACORN or even the media against us, add to the scumbag-liberal target list the local personel and leadership and media personalities. Cockroaches run when you turn on the kitchen light, after all.
When the leftist activists (like Codepink) or SEIU thugs try to disrupt peaceful demonstrations or assemblies by our side (Republicans and conservatives) by using loud behavior or disruptive behavior, our side need only pull out electronic megaphones and begin loudly calling these leftists “scumbags” and “thugs” or whatever. Don’t remain silent in the face of the leftist thuggery attacks, because silence IS death for us. They expect us to be silent and polite. Surprise them and push back. Then make plans to crash their assemblies and parties to return the favor.
Find the headquarters of the local Democratic Party and/or Democratic Party incumbants. Or thelocal offices of ACORN or Moveon.org, etc. Then stage an office sit in, loudly demanding “no justice, no peace” or similar slogans. Sieze it, pin it, isolate it, then destroy it – isn’t that Alinsky’s rule 12? So, simply chain yourselves together. If you’re arrested, unless there were real crimes that were committed, you can expect the charges to either go away or lowered to an ordinance violation (a “ticket” in other words). That’s what happens in real life when the Alinsky’s get arrested.
Be sure to wave signs and shout loudly enough describing the proceeds of the dumpster dive and investigation. Let the media know that Representative X has a gambling and drinking problem and/or has a mistress, takes bribes, what ever. Look, it’s working to bring Rolan Burris down. Burris’ polling numbers show he has only 5% support among Democrats, and far less for non-Democrats polled. And the “annointed one”, the “trail blazer” in course to being removed in 2010 instead of reelected.
Dealing with the lefting, Obama rectum-sucking media is rather simple. Normally, they’d spike any show of opposition to Obama or demonstrations favoring our ideas. Look how they are ignoring the “tea parties.” However, they always praise in glowing terms the behavior of the leftis protesters – “truth to power” and all the BS. This can be turned to our benefit. When the first TV truck/news crew shows up, send the troops over to loudly picket and protest the “Obama media lackeys.” I guarantee it’ll be on the news. In fact, count on other TV/radio stations to provide their own footage for their own news broadcasts. Help them out; give them something to record. Give them the bum’s rush, too.
In fact, after a few times, you can offer the media a deal: If they HONESTLY protray our cause that day, we’ll let them alone. If they refuse to go along, then escalate by non-violently sabotaging their ability to report. Accidently trip over their feed and power cables. Have pump sprayers loaded with green pea soup (or similar non-toxic, non destructive stuff) and treat the cameramen to “free soup.” Yep, this is intimidation and in some jursdictions a battery or assault. But given the fact that the media (and/or their behavior) never wants to BE the story, charges are unlikely to be filed or pressed. As long as nobody is hurt AND their equipment not permanently damaged.
If they attempt to assault Ann Coulter, or David Horowitz, or any other person on our side at a college campus, pick a leader of there’s and throw a cream pie in their face too. The law demands that everybody be equal under the law, that means they can’t charge our side without being inconsistent, which will reduce both side’s charges to ordinance or misdemeanor violations, if not thrown out outright.
So, the way to deal with Alinsky tactics is to give them a taste of their own medicine. There are many, many other non-violent things that can be used to push back against the left and their media allies. Be creative enough, be persistent and stubborn enough, be “in their face” enough, and the left will be left with only two choices: cut it out and offer a defacto truce (the desired result), or they’ll let their inner Nazi out and become violent. Remember, the first party to cross the violence line LOSES all public support. If they “go violent” first, then they lose in the court of public opinion and they get emasculated.
Everything I’ve postulated in this post boils down to the concept behind this quote from the Kostner movie, “The Untouchables.”
The left always plays for keeps. If we want to derail their vicious attacks, we have to use their tactics against them, and let them know that their mau-mau tactics will not only no longer be tolerated, but will be returned and then some.
georgej on March 11, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Excellent ideas, truly. I’ve often wondered why the Republicans didn’t fight back. Remember, McCain didn’t want to focus on Ayers, Wright, lack of release of documents etc…during the campaign, how did that work out for us all?
I’m all for being civilized, but unfortunately the Democrats/liberals and their minions cry out for a return volley. We HAVE to stop being doormats.
My only concern is that the left doesn’t hold the patent on extremists and that violence would ensue. I’m sure there would be many who choose to ignore your call for “no violence”
ladyhawke53 on March 11, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Check again, numpty. Also, your ham-fisted play of the race card nullifies any possible cogent debate.
Liberals perpetually accuse conservatives of faults and shortcomings they see in themselves. The clinical term for this is “projection”. Seek help.
NTXLass on March 11, 2009 at 9:05 AM
The GOP suffers from battered wife syndrome. If we’re nice, maybe they won’t hit so hard.
As good ol’ Dr. Phil would say, “Howzat working for ya?” Standing up for oneself is not playing dirty. It takes the libs so by surprise, though, they call it dirty.
NTXLass on March 11, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Yes, but then (call me naive if you will) I’ve never understood this syndrome either. As an anecdote, I told my husband many years ago, “you better never hit me, but if you’re dumb enough to do that, one is all you’re going to get because then I’m gone”
AND I wish to offend no woman who has ever been put in this tenuous situation, it’s a horrible fact and needs to become a nonexistent problem. I’m just saying I personally would not stand for it and in this context do not understand why the Republican party will not stand up for their beliefs and policies – why they allow themselves to be bullied and not fight back.
ladyhawke53 on March 11, 2009 at 9:57 AM
I like your spirit, but the conservative base would have a hard time fielding the manpower to pull off these non-violent counter-protests you envision, because we all have jobs. Admittedly, the Obama Administration is working on correcting this…
Alinsky’s tactics assume a highly motivated base of radical operatives with time on their hands – the long-term unemployed and student radicals. The conservative student base is too small to provide the foot soldiers you need – and don’t think for a moment that university administrators could not brutally crack down on conservative student protesters, while serenely ignoring or encouraging leftists.
You’ll never engage the media by sabotaging them. It would be a mistake to assume the news-worthiness of such activities would compel the media to cover them, and get your message out as a kind of rabid viral meme. This is the same media that can completely erase gigantic pro-life and anti-gun-control demonstrations on the Washington Mall from history by failing to report them, but treats six feminists turning up at a supermarket to protest Rush Limbaugh’s endorsement of orange juice as a huge national story. Your conservative commandos would be featured in movies of the week with swastikas and jackboots before they were one-tenth as “activist” as ACORN.
There’s really only one way to compel the media to put conservative messages front and center: use charismatic, articulate, passionate spokesmen they can’t ignore. Count the number of opportunities John McCain missed on the campaign trail, and imagine someone with fire in the belly, and an ability to articulate conservative ideals and the failures of liberalism, had been given those opporunities. The only conservatives the media must provide ample coverage to are leading political candidates.
The way you deal with ACORN is to support Republican politicians with the guts to get federal investigations under way, and start putting both its leadership and foot soldiers in prison. Election fraud is rampant because it’s never punished. If the next bunch of college radicals who decide to vote in three different states goes to prison for ten years, ACORN will suddenly have a hard time finding enoung willing recruits to make an impact on anything.
The way to deal with Obama-scale campaign finance fraud is to junk the massive and confusing McCain-Feingold laws, and replace them with simple legislation calling for absolute transparency in political donations – American citizens can give whatever they want, but their identities must be made public. Failure to comply with these simple laws results in the immediate termination of a candidacy, followed by criminal prosecution, as Obama’s campaign should have abruptly ended on the day his web site fundraising hijinks were discovered. The only time you should be seeing him on the news these days is during his grand jury testimony.
The way you prevent Alinskyite radicals from getting into public office is to require an FBI background check on all House, Senate, and presidential candidates, and require them to earn top-secret clearance before allowing them on the ballot.
Doctor Zero on March 11, 2009 at 10:07 AM
I think a lot of the rally was short covering due to talk of re-instating the uptick rule, nothing more.
riverrat10k on March 11, 2009 at 10:24 AM
One thing is for sure, the Left is looking to vanquish the GOP from the political arena. They won everything last time around and yet they have not let up. I admire that. We just don’t have that “killer” instinct on our side.
Chekote on March 11, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Well yeah, someday BO is bound to have one…
MarkT on March 11, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Hmmm… Dare we plan a good pitard hoisting on the Dems? They say,” blah blah, Cantor, blah blah.” and we say “ANTI SEMITES! Look at the track record of the Dems, look at how they treated Lieberman and now Cantor!” You know, just like they do with the word “racist”.
Rinse & repeat as needed.
Just a thought.
fyzycyst on March 11, 2009 at 1:11 PM
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