Reply #21: Bull. You think the pukies did this by playing nice? [View All]

[denverbill]

The idea is to persuade some to switch. Persuasion begins with understanding and respect, not with constant insult. It's old fashioned, I know, but I still favor civility in political discourse.

No, they did it by convincing voters that Democrats are taxing them to death and that the words 'tax and spend' are inseparable from Liberal.

Republicans have seized control by billionaires financing conservative talk shows and publications, and creating a reliable, structured spin machine. Democrats can't make a typo without it being endlessly repeated and improved on by the Scaife spin-doctors.

The problem with Democrats for the last 15 years is that they haven't learned that you can't beat propaganda with reason.