WH dismisses McConnell’s suggestion to vote on president’s cliff plan

OK, why the hell aren’t Republicans running ads with this? It illustrates perfectly the fact that it’s Obama and Reid who want to go ever the fiscal cliff, and that they care more about playing politics than solving problems.

BTW, I think attacking Reid and making him the face of the Dem party for 2014 could be a winning strategy. I can’t think of anybody easier to demonize and dehumanize than him. I posted the following at Ace’s a few minutes ago (language cleaned up):

I know this was a tongue-in-cheek post to make fun of MadAsHell, but how’s this for a strategy for the Senate in 2014:

Demonize the living hell out of Harry Reid (I mean by running ads and having every Republican pol and spokesperson bash him nonstop) and then tie every single Dem Senate candidate to him in every state where there will be a Senate election in 2014. They voted for this vile freak for Majority Leader, make them own it. It shouldn’t be that hard. I can’t think of anybody who would be easier to demonize. He isn’t likeable, he looks like a child molester, his voice is creepy as hell, and his own words can be used against him to devastating effect.

For instance you could have an ad portraying him as a semi-psychotic, creepy old pervert. Play the clip of him saying Kristin Gillibrand is the hottest member of the Senate, then cut away to Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs saying “it rubs the lotion on it’s skin or else it gets the hose again”. Then cut back to Reid saying Chris Coons is his pet. Then cut to Buffalo Bill saying “it places the lotion in the basket”. I’m sure there’s an abundance of video of him saying creepy things that could be mashed-up with quotes from movie psychos. And every Republican who has the balls to do so should imply that Reid is a creepy old pervert every opportunity they get.

Then you can have an ad portraying him an angry, miserable old fool. The clips of him calling people “evil-mongers” and talking about how the tourists stink up the Capitol building would work here, but again, I’m sure there’s much more that could be used.

Third, hit him hard on his attempt to end the filibuster. Clip after clip of Dem Senators going bats#!+ crazy over the discussion of using the nuclear option to get a nominee confirmed, interspersed with Reid talking about ending the filibuster. Paint Reid as an extremist and the rest of them as shameless, craven, lying hipocrits.

Then go after him on his failure to pass a single budget in his entire tenure as majority leader. Beat the hell out of him over this. Blame him for the country’s fiscal mess and blame every Dem Senate candidate for making him Majority Leader.

Dehumanize him and make him radioactive, and then use him to tar the rest of the Dem candidates by association. Hammer home the point that no matter how nice and upstanding the Dem candidate seems they are nothing but Harry Reid’s puppet, and if they are elected, the vile, corrupt, lying, incompetent, irresponsible, immoral, hipocritical, sexually-deviant criminal Harry Reid, who might even be a child molester, will remain Senate Majority Leader. And we can’t have reprehensible scum like Harry Reid as Majority Leader, can we?

Walter Sobchak on December 6, 2012 at 7:34 PM