A crucial GOP frame that we can, and must, co-opt. It's easy...!

[FreepFryer]

Faith-Based Politics

...start out with an unrealistic goal and stick to the language till it becomes real. It doesn't matter if your attacks will reach your ultimate goal. Keep paying, keep praying. It's a direct investment (can you say 'tax cut'?) in your own well-being!

We can apply the same thinking to our efforts to undo some of our country's current dilemma. We can create the mandate for regime change - whether in '08, or before.

Was Ken Starr appointed to find WhiteWater? Yes. Did he provide evidence to impeach based on personal sexual details instead? Heck yeah! Check out page 137!

We can do the same to an overwhelmingly greater amount, without lying or violating civil rights, because our foe's action whilst bearing the reins of empire are so much more horrible than any weak portrayal they would give your average 'liberal'. We can make issues stick. Election Protection, War, Terror, Foreign Policy, Domestic Policy, Environmental Policy... on and on.

How many times over these past 4 years have you thought:
"Oh man, I can't believe they're doing this! They can't possibly think they'll get away with it!"

Each one is an opportunity to reframe.

We can do it by helping Democrats, by pushing that political envelope, by engaging in conversations, by opening eyes, by running for school board, by forwarding links, by collecting email lists and media blasters, by contributing here, by backing each other up, by expressing differing views with respect, by tolerating differences of opinion, by fostering bipartisan issues while attacking partisan ones... by maintaining an approach to learning... and listening... and in direct financial efforts to help organizations and individuals with which we agree.

No one here (including me) would dictate which ones you get involved with, but I recommend the ACLU ( http://aclu.org ).

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