Stupid, Undisciplined Republicans

GPW wonders about Democrat's tactics:

Why is it they believe they can best advance their argument not by taking apart their opponent’s case, but by taking that opponent apart (or defining someone as their opponent so as to eviscerate him)?

You don't have to take apart someone's case if it's never really heard. Democrats employ it more as a tactic of distraction than of debate. To the extent it shoots any messenger for the other side is just icing on the cake.

As for Republicans, they are so damned dumb and undisciplined when it comes to messaging, one or more of them always falls into the trap and gets their fifteen minutes of fame and shame looking like the idiots they are.

If they had the intelligence and discipline to side-step things like the Limbaugh attack they might have a prayer. Instead of engaging it, they should come back with, This is simply the Democrats trying to prevent a discussion of how much their programs will cost, how much taxes are going to go up, and why you don't re-build health care, energy and fundamental economic policy during a financial crisis.

But as a group, the current crop of Republicans remain rather useless in this regard. The few smart ones never even get heard because so many other idiots have Schumer's disease and can't stay away from a microphone, even when they have so little of value to say.

  

Comments

[Cass]

"Schumer's disease"...

OMG. I just spit out my coffee.

[templar knight]

Dan, it's very early in the process; after all, Obama was just elected, and there will be a period of shaking out of conservative leadership. It's best that we get this silliness over right now rather than waiting later in the election cycle. The media will soon get weary of the constant Rush drama, and it will fade.

We need to be working on the blue dogs, as they are the key to Obama's success. If you have a blue dog in your state, work on him or her. They are already starting to show signs of cracking. My blue dog says he won't vote for the clown's budget. Other blue dogs are backing away as well. Keep the pressure on them. That is the key right now, later we can focus more on the next election.

[13yankeebravo]

The longer the msm focus on Rush-Obama p*ssing contest the farther along and better organized the Tea Parties will be when they finally notice them.

[Rich K]

Well Dan as long as we got you to corral the herds we just might make a case ONE DAY. Now go on out there and saddle the horses so they are ready when the wandering herds finally get up to speed.
Oh, and crack the whip on that Frum guy,he's annoying me.

[Dan D]

Case in point, Sen Shelby's comments over the weekend where he demonstrated cluelessness on the banks and the entire process of dealing with damaged banks. Let them die, shut them down, and he's on the Finance Committee? It just shows how little he understands either how the banking regulatory and depositor insurance systems actually work, or how poorly he is able to articulate his position on a critical subject of great concern to the worried public.

Then he piles on the Detroit automakers and makes gratuitous slaps at the UAW that undermine the arguments for fixing their problems through bankruptcy filing, and not recognizing that finally the UAW is in a position where it has to make hard concessions. Instead he feeds the suspicions that he is anti-Detroit, rather than proposing tough medicine to enable Detroit to revive and compete.

That's a lot of damage done to conservative and Republican positions, and he's only one guy of many.