The GOP won’t help you. They fear being called a racist.
Actually, they fear EVERYTHING.
John, save the tears, 9-irons, cigarettes and spray-on tans for one moment and listen to me.
The Mainstream Media (100% of the media - except the Washington Times, Boston Herald, Washington Examiner, Talk Radio and Fox News) hates your guts, yes, I said it, hates your guts. The Soledad O'Brien/Brian Williams/Bob Schieffer crowd may see you across the room at a Georgetown cocktail party, at a horse event in Middleburg or at a Kennedy Center awards event, but at the end of the day, are millionaire Statists who would rather see you back home selling insurance vs. heading the opposition party to their grand Pravda schemes of insulating the Marxist Democratic Party's interests. Stop trying to make them like you, in the end, they have Soros, the huge Foundations (Kellogg, Ford, Rockefeller) who will spend millions to defeat you in your home district, much less LIKE or RESPECT you. They want you to be dead (figuratively) in the political sense. It's like a snake and rabbit both taking a drink, the snake is 100% looking for food, despite his smalltalk to the rabbit about the weather...its just to keep the bunny from hopping off and the ability to eat him.
You are a Washington insider, someone who left Ohio many moons ago to pursue a dream of political leadership that you currently enjoy. Congratulations on 2010 but it's now 2012 and we have serious issues to attend to.
1. As Rush said, stop using the word “Revenue” it shows capitutulation to the Left Wing language. Say “raising taxes” not raising revenue. Make every Obama voter, mainly the educated ones, understand that THEIR taxes are going up, not just the Rich Guy's.
2. EXPLAIN how $80 billion in 10 years is a drop in the bucket vs. a $1.6T budget and a $16.3T deficit...BUT how devastating it would be to job creators, in the short term. Can you just merely state, in plain English, that John Smith's ideas are far more tried and true than Keynes? Obama wants to punish those who create wealth (and donate to his campaigns) for his ideological redistributionist plans. Step up and explain that this does nothing but KILL JOBS, not CREATE them. Be articulate and explain that wealth is not permanent and growth needs to happen to keep the tax revenues coming in. One layoff has HUG opportunity costs and Government work creates no wealth. Make OUR case.
3. Back to Point #1. It doesn't matter, the GOP will be blamed for everything negative, even back 5 years to GWB. The Media is tanked for Obama and the Left Wing Dems. There is no making nice with these people in the media. If somehow we have a massive recovery (highly unlikely) 100% of the credit will go to the Democrats, even if your ideas work, they will get credit. If they fail, you will be blamed and Obama, Reid and Pelosi will be blameless.
4) Stop purging Tea Partiers from the Committees
John, I don't know you, but you seem like a good man, but I realize as an insider, you want to get along and make things happen, and be liked. Politicians flourish because people like the results of their efforts, and get pushed out if they are unpopular.
Stand up for Conservative Principles, stop being another Bush 41 softie and tell the Marxists “NO”. You will lose in the media either way, so fight on and TELL OUR STORY.
Sincerely,
wac3rd