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The reason Hussein got elected is quite the opposite of this guy’s theory.
Hussein’s voters are ones that have never voted in their life, have NO IDEA what either candidate’s polocies are, have NO IDEA what problems America is facing but slapped an Obamam sticker on their ride and showed up to support “the brother” because JayZ told them to.
Conservatives have responded. It’s called the Tea Party. You know, that grass roots organization the Republican party is trying to crush.
These type of things have dividends when important decisions come up and you can approach a local politician you know.
The left is a formidable political opponent because their ideology inherently carries no moral restraints on what they will do to attain power.
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But the media could easily be taken back.
Most of the media (print and TV) is controlled by just a few players (5 to be exact Viacom, AOL Time Warner, Disney, Clear Channel and News Corp). Simply have a conservative billionaire (or a small group of billionaires) buy these out and suddenly overnight conservatives would control nearly all media in the country.
Taking back education is a little tuffer but could be done over time. Unlike the entertainment industry, I don't believe that education is intrinsically liberal, if anything I think education is more naturally intrinsically conservative. But the first thing that MUST be done is to utterly and completely destroy the teachers unions like Reagan destroyed the air traffic controllers.
Here’s a perfect place to start:
Liberals constantly accuse us of being “the party of no” and asking “so what is YOUR plan, then?”
Simply point out that conservatives don’t look to a government “plan” to solve every issue. There is no bigger difference between the two philosophies, and no simpler way to explain it.
Why the Tea Party and others can’t seem to get this through their heads is beyond me. But every time the liberal trap is sprung, the “conservative” falls right into it and starts babbling about “our plan”...
Conservative Americans by their nature are the people that are the achievers, the hard workers with their nose to the grindstone. The liberals are the ones leaning on their shovel. They know they can't outwork the other guy, so they come up with ideas on how to take credit for the work.
Conservatives are involved in the productive industries, while liberals are involved in the regulation, communication, or education type industries.
As such, conservatives don't have the time or the inclination to "play politics". And liberals do. This is our fatal flaw.
... a historic debate is being played out about whether Americans are citizens or subjects of their government...
Interesting take...ping
The biggest mistake that I have see conservatives makes, over the years, is to think we can win solely from the top down. That is to say, thinking all we have to do is elect a conservative president or Congress and we have won the ideological argument and conservatism will “trickle downâ€. Liberals on the other hand are masters at winning from the bottom up, the “community organizing†the packing of colleges, school boards, civic groups, the media and local governments with other liberals. This forms an effective “firewall†for when conservatives do elect a candidate to a high position, their attempts at reform of stymied by the liberal bureaucracy.
Well, he’s clearly right. Conservatives must replace the current defensive strategy with a much more offensive strategy. It’s about controlling the initiative.
I worked on that for a few months about decade ago, producing a series of short tracts on numerous topics. I couldn't get readers to review it.
I spar with liberals a LOT on the internet. This line especially rings true: “He thinks conservatives should not accept the left’s premises...”
My unashamed attitude about homosexuality on those liberal sites is very 1950’s, but in the “polite” way. It means I don’t call them queers or fags. But I also don’t call them “gay”. And when they say I’m behind the times, my response is always along the lines of, “Really? Please tell me what has changed that should change my viewpoint.” There are few remotely legitimate arguments they can make, and then I shoot those down easily. The fact that I have known a lot of homosexuals in my day, and none of them really live on the same plane of joy or happiness that the rest of us can aspire to. This is something I KNOW from experience and these folks can’t shout me down.
Ultimately they start calling me names, but it drives them nuts that my attitude is shouted from the rooftops on the internet and, being products of their own progressive circle jerks, they don’t know how to handle it and are baffled that folks like me and the Duck Dynasty patriarch exist.
But they’re starting to figure out that they are not really in the majority and what little strength they have is in the folks in the middle that really don’t think about it much. We’re trying to get them to think about it.
Always remember the first rule of power tactics: Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
The second rule is: Never go outside the experience of your people.
…The third rule is: Wherever possible go outside the experience of the enemy. Here you want to cause confusion, fear, and retreat.
…the fourth rule is: Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules.
…the fourth rule carries within it the fifth rule: Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.
…the sixth rule is: A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.
…the seventh rule is: A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.
…the eighth rule: Keep the pressure on.
…the ninth rule: The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.
The tenth rule: The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.
…The eleventh rule is: If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counterside.
…The twelfth rule: The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.
…The thirteenth rule: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
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