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Saturday June 24, 2006 · 12:30 AM PDT

2006/06/24 · 00:30

The point I'm trying to make here is not to slavishly follow a different country´s approach but to see how others respond to the same right wing attacks more successfully.

In this case, we are letting the Republicans define withdrawal as defeat, and they´ll win the debate. It's dangerous to predict and I hope I'm wrong, but I bet the next set of polls will show that increased confidence in them. Bush's ratings will rebound slightly and many Dems will come to the conclusion that they can't oppose him on Iraq.

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Wednesday June 21, 2006 · 3:33 AM PDT

2006/06/21 · 03:33

Why are Repubs able to pin the "weak" label on Dems? I think the answer is multileveled, but the most basic (and abstract) one is that humans evolved under conditions where the us was always in danger from the them. (see Jared Diamond's Guns Germs and Steel). There is also the human tendency to form hierarchical groups. A good leader historically is someone who can protect us against them, and this point can be seen in almost every hero myth ever constructed. Read More

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Sunday June 18, 2006 · 10:20 AM PDT

2006/06/18 · 10:20

I am going to follow my own advice in a response to Georgia's post, and post a digest of news from Spain:

The reason is that the tactics used by the right here are identical to those used in the US. The same or parallel insults, the same truthiness, the same type of talk radio, xenophobia, etc., etc. Yet here the PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español) is the government and they are there in part because they counter the right every step of the way. They are feisty and they have stories to sell. I think that seeing how they do that can help give idea to liberals in the US about how to be more effective selling ideas. Read More

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