This morning, I was watching MSNBC's excuse for "Fair and Balanced" promgramming -- otherwise known as "Morning Joe". As I was packing my Lunch, in between gulps of Coffee, I heard one of the Rightwing Regulars rattle off 4 talking points, that made my ears perk up and pause and take notice:
-- Less Govt
-- Lower Taxes
-- Less Regulations
-- Let the Private Sector Lead
These were given and reasons WHY Americans need to Vote for the GOP.
I was left thinking, What a List!
Short. Precise.
Easy to Remember. Easy to Repeat.
AND all those L's -- they just Roll off the tongue!
Why can't Dems be that pithy, with our Bullet Points,
for convincing Independents to Vote D again ...
To convince them to "Stay the Course".
I invite you to help me find a quick response to the 4 or 5 L's --
that the righties rattle off like there's an actual plan or something.
Well I took the first Point:
-- Less Govt
and asked myself, what would be an appropriate Democratic response --
of equal length and equally memorable, yet still with substance?
My reply:
-- Effective Govt
So "E" became my Letter of Alliteration.
The Challenge die was cast.
I proceeded to match the Rightie non-thinking points
with counter balancing Democratic thinking points, thusly:
-- Effective Govt
-- Equitable Taxes
-- Enforceable Regulations
-- Enough Jobs for Everyone
Granted those don't quite "roll off the the tongue" --
BUT they are short, and memorable.
AND they ARE REAL reasons WHY Americans need to Vote Democratic -- and finish what we started
And they COULD sway an Indie, who might be buying the brainless prater from the GOTP.
Dems have an effective answer, to the prattle. America is about "Building a We society" -- NOT a Me society!
Anyways, I invite you to help me find a quick response to the 4 or 5 L's,
designed to sway the Low-Information Voters.
Choose your own Letter, if the Alliteration angle sparks your creative side, too.
Thanks,
"talking briefly" is fun.
and Eeee-ffective too.