"They must think you're stupid" - this must be a campaign slogan!!

[garthranzz]

It turns the "elitist" bs back on them, puts them on the defensive, and shouts that the emperor's have not clothes.

Republican talking head says lie or smear, before responding, the Democratic counterpoint, "You know, so-and-so much think the American people are stupid. I mean, come on." Just like Obama says it,

[Jennicut]

1. I was laughing at this line. They really do think the American people are sheeple

Ready to follow wherever Rethugs lead them-even over a cliff if necessary.

[LSparkle]

2. I just posted something similar in another thread

The fact that the Rethugs are trying to run ANOTHER
campaign that ISN'T about issues but IS about wedge
crap is an INSULT TO THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE. They
have tried this before, but not in such a brazen,
ADMITTED way. To expect people to just be swayed
by personal attacks or a candidate's PERCEIVED
"personality" is an absolute abomination.

Obama could even use the old Reaganism, "There THEY
go again ... " when describing these stale, cynical
campaign tactics.

[KittyWampus]

5. would it work? "McCain thinks you're stupid"?

[LSparkle]

9. It doesn't have to be so direct ... It can be "THEY must think you're stupid"

And yes, I think it would work!

[OBrien]

3. agree! nt

[VolcanoJen]

4. I couldn't agree with this more!

When I first heard him use it, I thought "Good gawd, put that shit on a yard sign!!"

One way to appeal to people's gut is to imply that one of the candidates after your vote is counting on you being stupid.

Love it.

[uppityperson]

6. I like that, but will be using "They must think wer're stupid" to put all of us

in that category.

[OneGrassRoot]

7. THE REPUBLICANS think voters are stupid. Yep, yep. n/t

[Quixote1818]

8. I think it works extremely effectively! They should use it every day.

They should use it in the debates too.

[Sugarcoated]

10. It's good

but I would change it to, "They must think we're fuckin stupid"

[Skidmore]

11. And it gives people who would like to object to the Rs and their policies the cover

to do so and assert that they are doing so as an affirmation of something different and intelligent.

[FrenchieCat]

12. lOVE IT!

[complain jane]

13. Yes! Do it! How do we tell the campaign about this?

[terrya]

14. This should be on a t-shirt

Seriously. :-)

[FrenchieCat]

15. Every letter that I write from this point on,

I will include this sentence in there somewhere.

THEY MUST THINK WE ARE STUPID.

I can't say it enough, I'm so excited about this.

[OBrien]

16. kick! nt

[krkaufman]

17. Yeah, except it won't be long before the Right spins it as ...

... Obama saying that anyone supporting McCain and Palin are bitter, ignorant, small town rednecks.

[BeyondGeography]

18. Can't use that line anymore now that we're trailing; sounds like sour grapes

I think that's why he got it into the record before the post-convention bounce set in. It's a good line and a good thought, but not when more people are saying they support the other guy than you.

[garthranzz]

19. To quote someone, there's not a spit worth of difference between them in the polls

It's all convention bounce and spin.

The line still works when delivered right - you need the timing of a comedian or actor - and in the right circumstances.

One of the bobblehead shows where they've set up a he said-she said with the "host" as biased moderator works best. It gets them off-message and they have to scramble back to robo-speech.

Example:

Blond haired bimbo on Morning Joe: Palin is a reformer. McCain has a record of reform.

Joe: Well, Obama cultist, it's true, isn't that McCain has a record of reform.

Obama person: You know, Joe, Blond haired bimbo must think the American people are stupid, or have short term memory loss. McCain boasts of voting with Bush 90% of the time. That's not reform, that's not maverick, that's lockstep. There they go again, thinking they can fool the American people with slick talking points.

Or: Come on, Joe you and I aren't that stupid and neither are the American people....