Dislodging the Liberals’ Positioning

The marketing term “positioning” is all about commanding a “position” in the mind of the customer or prospect..

A VERY important liberal campaign position goes like this: “Do you really want to give the power back to the guys who got us into this mess in the first place?”

The all-too-often response is, “Well, this is what we’re going to do different. And, by the way, the current President hasn’t done so and so.”

Wrong response.

Next to no one, except a few conservative talk show hosts, challenge the position directly. The actual truth is not that difficult to communicate: If you give tens of thousands of people a mortgage they cannot repay, somewhere up the line there’s gonna be big trouble. A LOT of voters can handle that concept. Yes, there’s more to it, but this starts the process of dislodging the position.

It’s a myth that the financial collapse was the fault of one President or even one party. If, every time a liberal repeats this myth, one counters with a simple dose of the truth, that liberal position will weaken. And in the minds of more and more Americans, the fear that liberals spent hundreds of millions putting there will also weaken. In many cases it will disappear.

 
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Hollywood Actor Defends Clint Eastwood

As if Clint really needs defending, right?

This is Marshall Teague who stars in “Last Ounce of Courage.” The empty chair technique appears to be going viral. Check out the last thing Marshall says here. Very funny.
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When Did Things Go Off the Rails for the Left?

There was a point in time…in the first year in Obama’s presidency…when the Dems changed their method of operation. For the longest time (decades actually), their method was subtle, slow, and inconspicuous. It worked. For many years.

Obama changed the MO. His arrogance was too great to be able to continue the slow, but successful, course.

To cover for the anointed one, the word came down the line, “it’s okay to  lie, even blatantly if necessary. We’ve got an enormous mouthpiece supporting our beliefs. We’re going to ram unwanted legislation down their throats. We’re going to make as many wholesale changes as we can. Don’t worry about what you have to say. If you say it loud enough and often enough, we’ll continue to have the votes we need to stay in power.”

I praise Obama for changing that MO. He was a huge contributor to creating the lightning rod for the Tea Party, the 2010 sea change in the House, and all that’s coming…including a landslide victory for Romney.

Obama could’ve played the game as it had been being played (slow and insidious) and he’d have his second term. He also would’ve had the House still.

Hubris.
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Fair Tax Revisited

Still the strongest answer to our economy:
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Red States Versus Blue States – Which Are More Charitable?

In a very interesting article published at the Fox News site, the subject of charity was surveyed.

Here is the article:

Residents in Republican-leaning states give more of their money to charity than those in Democrat-leaning states, according to a new study.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s study released this week found the eight states with residents who gave the highest percentage of their income to charity in 2008 also voted that year for Republican presidential nominee John McCain. And the seven states in which residents donated the lowest percentage of their income that year voted for President Obama, based on 2008 IRS information.

The eight top charitable states were Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Idaho, Arkansas and Georgia, as reported first by The Politico. On the other end of the spectrum were Wisconsin, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.

And don’t assume the biggest givers were the wealthier states. Mississippi and Idaho rank among the lowest in the country in per-capita income.

That suggests other factors are involved, and the study’s authors said the reasons for the differences were in part a function of religion and a region’s political philosophy about “the role of government versus charity.”

“Regions of the country that are deeply religious are more generous than those that are not,” the study’s authors said.

“The regional differences in giving are stark,” the authors also said. “In states like Utah and Mississippi, the typical household gives more than 7 percent of its income to charity after taxes, housing, food and other living expenses, while the average household in Massachusetts and three other New England states gives less than 3 percent.”

Two of the top nine states — Utah and Idaho — have high numbers of Mormon residents, who have a tradition of tithing at least 10 percent of their income to the church. And the remaining states in the top nine are in the Bible Belt, the study found.

The study included only taxpayers who said they had incomes of $50,000 or more.
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How Dangerous Are the White House Leaks?

Here is the caption from this YouTube video:

Intelligence and Special Operations forces are furious and frustrated at how President Obama and those in positions of authority have exploited their service for political advantage. Countless leaks, interviews and decisions by the Obama Administration and other government officials have undermined the success of our Intelligence and Special Operations forces and put future missions and personnel at risk.

The unwarranted and dangerous public disclosure of Special Forces Operations is so serious — that for the first time ever — former operators have agreed to risk their reputations and go ‘on the record’ in a special documentary titled “Dishonorable Disclosures.” Its goal is to educate America about serious breaches of security and prevent them from ever happening again.

More information can be found at their web site.
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Who Is Paul Ryan?

This video gives a good idea of what Paul Ryan believes and how he would go about fixing things.
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Two Letters From Lou Pritchett to President Obama

The following are two letters from Lou Pritchett to President Obama.

The first one was written in 2009 and sent to the New York Times. They refused to publish it. It has since gone viral on the net.

The second one is a follow up and was written in April of 2012.

Lou Pritchett is one of corporate America’s true living legends – an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and one of the world’s highest rated speakers. Successful corporate executives everywhere recognize him as the foremost leader in change management. Lou changed the way America does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as “partnering.” Pritchett rose from soap salesman to Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble and over the course of 36 years, made corporate history.

Here is his first letter in 2009: Read more »
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United States Budget Dilemma
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The 2012 Election – Democratic Party Strategy

By John Eberhard

We have been hearing for a while that the 2012 is the most election in our lives, so much so that it’s almost a cliché now. But nonetheless I believe it is true.

This election is shaping up to be a battle over a simple concept. The Democrats, with President Obama stridently in the lead, have decided to become the party of the free handout.

Here is the simple sequence strategy that the Democrats have selected over the last 40-50 years:

  1. Offer goodies to the public
  2. Tax at high rates to fund the goodies offered
  3. Spend like drunken sailors, then when they find the high taxes won’t cover it, fund all that with heavy borrowing
  4. Count on the recipients of the goodies to vote Democrat

There are various sub-plots to this strategy, like refuse to enforce immigration laws, let tons of illegal immigrants into the country, give them lots of free goodies (and thwart the public’s efforts to stop the flow of free goodies), eventually grant them amnesty, gain millions of Democratic voters for life. Read more »
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“2016 – Obama’s America / Love Him, Hate Him, You Don’t Know Him” — The Trailer

Dinesh D’Souza produced the movie and has a slew of books that can be found here. He also gave a talk at CPAC, which I’ve included here:
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