Reply #30: honing our arguments against the GOP [View All]

[Hamlette]

is very easy. The problem will be if we are able to be heard. In 2000 they thought Gore was a liar and in 2004 they thought Kerry was French (yeah, really) and a coward.

They will come after us like that again. What was so shocking about 2004 is that during Vietnam Kerry WAS the hero and W was the chicken but they spun it the other way.

But, that said, if we get to be heard we call THEM the borrow and spend party who are pushing debt on to your children and grandchildren by being irresponsible about spending.

On health care, I've heard republicans say they don't want to work and pay for benefits for people who don't work. I tend to get off stride in that argument. What we need to say is the current health care system does not work for anyone in America.

the US spends more than any other country in the world but the quality of health care in the US is 37th in the world.

Take issue at fact value, know what we believe and why, and hold your head up high. Being liberal (generous, open minded) is nothing to be embarrassed about.

I honestly think it would also help if we didn't play their game. Which is not to say to ignore attacks against us, but to turn it on them rather than get in the mud with them. That's why I like Obama.