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• Saturday, January 21, 2006 05:44 AM

  Why Do Dems Think Its So Hard To Beat Rove?

  Here's whats so annoying about Democratic political advisors: they make $100,000 plus a year to give Democrats "strategic advise" and that advise is worthless.

  Now I make $25,000 a year and even I can bullet point an election message that would get amost any Democrat elected.

  For example: Healthcare.

  How easy is that? You couldn't find a simplier way to nail the Repubs on. All you have to do is set up the situation by asking, "Every citizen has equal access to police assistance, legal representation, fire and rescue assistance and a basic education regardless of income, gender or skin color --- so why should a poor cancer patient be allowed to die just because they can't afford chemo?"

  So now we've establiashed that "universal access" to basic standards of living issues (police protection, the right to legal representation, a basic education) are deeply held American values -- not extreme "untested" and (gasp!) communist plots. Public eduation is a communist plot. And the police and firemen? The heros of 9/11? Are they incompetent socialists hacks who should be replaced by "free market security services"? See how easy it is to frame this issue?

  Next, after clearly establishing that maintaing basic standards of living for all Americans is a deeply held America value (one that seperates us from the terrorists!), now we move in for the kill by asking who pays for a homeless mans life saving surgery?

  Ah. See doctors (and we as a society) have a moral obligation to save lives regardless of skin color or income -- we don't let homeless people bleed to death just because they can't pay for their life saving surgery.

  So when the hospital spends $10,000 on a homeless man, how do they recoup their losses? By raising the bills for everyone! So when a temp making $7/hr with no insurance never pays his $20,000 hospital bill the hospital has to raise rates on everyone to compensate for that loss and THAT'S why a bandage costs $20.00, not because of frivilous lawsuites.

  Let's see: Dem Congressmen make $100,00 plus a year and they are all too stupid to make these basic arguements that would resonate with the voters and win at the polls. And their political "advisors" are also too stupid.

  Rove isn't a genius, but standing next to Dems its sure easy to make that mistake.

  —chris49068 Read chris49068's other letters
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