The GOP Playbook On Medicare

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Saturday August 18, 2012 · 5:30 PM PDT

2012/08/18 · 17:30

Here's how Romney/Ryan play out the next few weeks:
1) Pledge to save Medicare (Ryan will trot his senior mom along with him).
2) Turn Medicare fight on Obama by repeating the lie that Obama cut Medicare benefits.
3) Repeat steps 1 and 2 until people actually believe you and unwittingly vote to slash their own benefits and privatize Medicare.
Here's how I know. I found the Romney/Ryan playbook on Medicare:

http://youtu.be/...

Sure enough, from today's rally, proof that they can execute this strategy well:
http://www.nytimes.com/...

People will be less likely to fall for this if they know they're being manipulated, but we need to push back hard on the misinformation. Republicans know they don't have to win on Medicare, they just need to survive it to turn the focus to issues where they're stronger.

As we go forward, watch how the Republicans, not just at the Presidential race, but down the ticket, run this play over and over again.

Video: Black Sheep Remix for Obama

Texican

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 7:35 PM PDT

2008/10/30 · 19:35

From Rolling Stone:

Rapper Dres from Black Sheep has updated his group’s 1991 hit "The Choice Is Yours" for the upcoming election..."O-B-A-M-A, help us to rearrange," Dres raps while reinforcing Obama’s call for progress, change and ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The video above was made in just two days, with Dres collaborating with a pair of Austin, Texas creative teams. Tomorrow, maybe we’ll get Positive K and his Obama-themed "I Got a Man (Yes We Can Remix.)"

Full Disclosure: My father was in the video and sent me the link.

Update: Let's Put it Back Up: Vandals Destroy Emmett Till Memorial Sign

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 1:34 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 13:34

I get upset when I read the diaries on people's yard signs being torn down and/or vandalized, but I know that people can put them up again, or replace them with "You can knock down my sign, but I'll still vote!" signs, etc. This had me incensed!

A sign marking the site where Emmett Till's battered body was pulled from a river in 1955 has been ripped down by vandals, authorities said. The sign posted on a road near the Tallahatchie River was among eight that were erected after the county adopted a resolution last year apologizing to Till's family because an all-white jury acquitted two white men of murdering Till for whistling at a white woman.

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 12:10 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 12:10

As the saying goes, "those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it." The economic melt-down we’re in is directly related to the history of Greenspan’s tenure as Fed Chairman and the laissez-faire economic policies of the GOP. Yet, we keep repeating the same story over and over again.

Texican

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 5:59 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 17:59

This video was sent to me by a friend in New Mexico and his neighbor, Ron Bloomberg, who wrote for All in the Family, Home Improvement and several other popular TV shows. The main work was done by Ron for this video and my friend helped with the text.

The ad is simple: Obama wants to hear "You're Hired." Voters are concerned about the economy and this ad will strike a chord with working class Americans. Check it out and decide for yourself.

The ad should go viral, especially via email to a target audience of older, more traditional voters who might not be looking at Youtube and reading this blog. Many of my older friends who are Democrats, or independents leaning Democrat responded quite positively to this video in a way that they did not for the Will-I-Am, "Yes We Can" video that my friends my age and I loved.

Please take a look and if you like it, share it with as many people as possible, especially via email.

Update: Thanks to LAThinker for the suggested title.

Texican

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Saturday September 27, 2008 · 2:56 PM PDT

2008/09/27 · 14:56

Much has been written about Barack Obama's overwhelming support among voters under 35, but there is a shift underway among voters 65 and older.

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Sunday September 14, 2008 · 12:47 PM PDT

2008/09/14 · 12:47

Football fans be not confused, Chad Johnson is not the only "Ocho Cinco". John McCain with his eight houses and his $5 Million definition of wealthy Americans has earned that nickname.
(For those who don't know, "ocho" means eight and "cinco" means five in Spanish.) So this nickname might be catchy not only with Latino bloggers, but also with Cincinnati Bengal's fans (especially Anthony Muñoz). Can this help us in Ohio and New Mexico?

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Which nickname better describes John McCain?

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Which nickname better describes John McCain?

John McSame

22 votes

John "my friends" McCain

3 votes

"Just Talk" Express

3 votes

John "Ocho Cinco" McCain

2 votes

Weathervane McCain

7 votes

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Thursday September 11, 2008 · 11:22 AM PDT

2008/09/11 · 11:22

We tend to obsess over the day-to-day polls, celebrating each up tick and bemoaning every downturn. The polls are important, but so is strategy. As such, the element of surprise can mean the difference between victory and defeat. The element of surprise in this election will be the youth vote. No one expects us to turn out in large numbers, which is what Barack Obama will need to win this election. Just take a look at this story from US News & World Report.

Texican

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Wednesday August 27, 2008 · 7:13 PM PDT

2008/08/27 · 19:13

I got an email from my father today. He asked me to share it because he doesn't know "how to blog." So here goes a deeply personal post. His email is at the end and it's better than my writing, so if you need to, just skip to the last part.

I had the pleasure to meet many of you at Netroots Nation in Austin. My name is Amir, a.k.a. "Texican." I would like to share a personal story that explains my personal connection to this campaign. Why I understand the urgency of now.

Texican

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Sunday June 08, 2008 · 5:04 PM PDT

2008/06/08 · 17:04

I just returned from a book signing event for "Deception and Abuse at the Fed: Henry B. Gonzalez Battles Alan Greenspan's Bank" and had the opportunity to hear the author, Robert D. Auerbach, speak about the ridiculous lack of oversight at the Federal Reserve. He spoke about the efforts of the late, great Henry B. Gonzalez, then Chairman of the House Banking Committee, to bring the activities of the Fed into greater transparency and accountability. The event was sponsored by the Henry B. Gonzalez Foundation and was attended by Henry B. Gonzalez's son, Charlie Gonzalez, who is currently US Congressman from TX-20.
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Monday February 11, 2008 · 11:01 AM PST

2008/02/11 · 11:01

This is great news for Obama to secure the endorsement of a prominent Hispanic leader, Charlie Gonzalez. Charlie Gonzalez is the son of the legendary Hispanic statesman Henry B. Gonzalez, who is still to this day remembered as one of our greatest civil rights leaders in the Hispanic community in Texas.
Here's what Rep. Gonzalez said:

"Senator Obama brings all these new fresh faces,’’ Gonzalez told the San Antonio Express-News. "He has a wider audience. He has the greater potential to engage a greater number of people.’’

Link:

Texas will be very much up for grabs for Barack Obama!

Yes We Can!

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