Over the past 8 years, conservative Republicans have tried to manage both facts and emotions for this country. The Obama election has made the management of facts a bit more difficult (as Stephen Colbert says “stay away from facts…they are known to have a liberal bias”) but the conservatives are showing they still know how to manage our emotions. Its going to be a huge challenge for Democrats not to engage in a “shrill kill” exchange, and let the Republicans howl at the moon. The Dems have to remain focused on the agenda, fix the economy, properly allocate the stimulus package, and (do what government is supposed to do) help the American people. This is going to be a challenge because of the old legal adage “if you have the facts speak calmly and slowly, and if you don’t shriek loudly and quickly” applies much more to politicians than it does to lawyers. |
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Dear Norm:
ReplyDeleteI visited your Blog again tonight, read about 15 of your postings, and I really enjoyed them. Your comments are excellent, on-point, well thought out, and nicely presented. I agree with pretty much everything you say -- and -- you say it so well. Keep up your splendid work.
Chuck