Are we going about this all wrong?

[Horse with no Name]

It seems we keep searching for that magically elusive "smoking gun" to prove to the bushbots that we have been right all along.
However, are we just chasing their tails?
Everytime something comes along that is damaging--such as the Downing Street Memo--they throw smoke bombs all over the place to distract the media. Then the story dies. This has happened on many occasions.
I don't think we will ever find ANYTHING that will be distracting enough because I am starting to believe that many people deep down inside KNOW the truth. But they don't want to acknowledge it, because then that would mean they were accomplices in the rape of our country. Perhaps the resistance we feel from them is their conscience trying to justify what they have helped to do.
Instead, give them an easy way out of their predicament. Let's accentuate positive things. Let's give them a positive reason to leave their current situation without rubbing their noses in the facts.
The current administration will self destruct as some point if we can pull enough people to our side.
I am wondering if it wouldn't be prudent to pick a "Few Good Men and Women" to instead just take our message to the streets.
Tell them what we stand for.
Tell them we are the party of "THREE". The party of individualism, the party of government accountability, and the party of unified responsibility.
The party of individualism guarantees you the right to make your decisions for yourself. You are the sole decision maker of how many children you have, you are the sole decision maker of who you choose to spend your life with, you are the sole decision make of which religion you want to follow and you are the sole decision maker of how you want to handle your end of life issues.
The party of government accountability ensures that all citizens will have healthcare, Social Security, and education for all that want it. The government will pursue peace with other countries, yet offering help with security for those who request.
The party of unified responsibility entwines the government and the people in the mission of taking care of our weakest and most fragile members of society by guaranteeing food and shelter to every member of our country.
This is what we stand for. We can't let another day go by without spreading our message of hope for this country.

[ClassWarrior]

1. That's almost Lakoffian...

Have you read "Don't Think of an Elephant?" George Lakoff calls on us to acknowledge the values that unite us as Progressives and relate simply EVERYTHING to them.

Check it out. Not expensive and an easy read.

NGU.

[Horse with no Name]

2. I thought you were insulting me

lol. Thanks. I will check it out.

[kentuck]

3. Sounds like a "pro-gay" agenda to me??

"...you are the sole decision maker of who you choose to spend your life with...."

[cmd]

4. No, kentuck, I think it is a pro-people agenda

Choices are up to the people, not the government.

[Jade Fox]

5. Interesting thinking HWNN....

I do believe that many Bush supporters know deep down the Bushco
is a disaster. Some don't care: they see the GOP as watching out for their
class/financial interests. But others are avoiding realizing the people
they willingly gave their trust to are screwing them, as well as the rest
of the country. The will cling and cling to their denial, because when/if
the open their eyes, its gonna hurt.

[merh]

6. I like that "party of three" - individualism, government accountability

and unfied responsibiity. I have bookmarked this post. I think I will include some of it in my letters to congress demanding they begin impeachment hearings. It never hurts to try! Never give up.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3656910

:patriot:

[sandnsea]

7. Forward looking

Yes, I do think we have to be forward looking and just get up and get on with it. When you're in a dysfunctional relationship, you win be disengaging and moving on with your life. As long as you're fighting with the dysfunctional partner, you're giving them power. We've got to stop that and focus on a positive agenda. America Works because Americans Work Together.

Here's what South Dakota is doing:

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=894

[Horse with no Name]

8. Exactly.

We have to stop pointing the finger and saying "HEY HEY, look what THEY did", and start pointing the finger and saying "HEY HEY, look what we can do".