Comments on: Dean to Dems: Stay Right Where You Are? http://www.sundriesshack.com/2004/12/09/dean-to-dems-stay-right-where-you-are/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Mon, 14 May 2012 14:27:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: festerhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2004/12/09/dean-to-dems-stay-right-where-you-are/comment-page-1/#comment-915 fester Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:41:23 +0000 /?p=1172#comment-915 Well seeing that on policy issues (Iraq, Social Security, the deficit, economy, etc.) the majority of the American people and voters seem to support Democratic policy positions when placed in blind bio comparisons with GOP positions by neutral pollsters, this is a damm good piece of evidence to indicate that there is no need for a policy position change. Bush and his policies have never been popular in this country when he is not lying about them (see the Dec. 2002 Gallup poll about the Iraq war for instance, or the recent poll about the country wanting a Roe V. Wade supporting court, or Social Security etc.) but he has always had better personal quality approval ratings than his policy ratings. Therefore it is reasonable to argue that branding/messaging and setting up frames while running good candidates is a strong alternative to caving on policy positions. And yeah, those radical lefty liberal ideas of only going to war for good cause (Afganistan qualifies, Iraq does not), going to war with relatively honest reasons (27 different reasons offered by Bush and his senior administration for Iraq --- much like in football where if you have three starting quarterbacks, you really have none), balancing budgets to prepare for long run problems (Medicare), and ensuring non-discrimination for all, along with a very federalistic position on gun control... That almost sounds like Communism to me. Well seeing that on policy issues (Iraq, Social Security, the deficit, economy, etc.) the majority of the American people and voters seem to support Democratic policy positions when placed in blind bio comparisons with GOP positions by neutral pollsters, this is a damm good piece of evidence to indicate that there is no need for a policy position change. Bush and his policies have never been popular in this country when he is not lying about them (see the Dec. 2002 Gallup poll about the Iraq war for instance, or the recent poll about the country wanting a Roe V. Wade supporting court, or Social Security etc.) but he has always had better personal quality approval ratings than his policy ratings. Therefore it is reasonable to argue that branding/messaging and setting up frames while running good candidates is a strong alternative to caving on policy positions.

And yeah, those radical lefty liberal ideas of only going to war for good cause (Afganistan qualifies, Iraq does not), going to war with relatively honest reasons (27 different reasons offered by Bush and his senior administration for Iraq — much like in football where if you have three starting quarterbacks, you really have none), balancing budgets to prepare for long run problems (Medicare), and ensuring non-discrimination for all, along with a very federalistic position on gun control… That almost sounds like Communism to me.

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