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The most obvious issue for the Republicans to exploit is Oil and energy. Paint the Democratic Congress as the most important member of OPEC, as I describe below. McCain should change "no drill in ANWR" to "keep the Alaskan Pipeline full." There is a lot of other oil up there we can use.
What the Democrats call Big Oil long ago became Big Government Oil. The Majors are now overwhelmingly controlled by Governments. Some are run as if the personal property of the Tyrant in charge. In the US, government regulation is constant and fierce. When the majors where private companies, fuel was cheap and plentiful. It is now Big Government — little oil. Big Government, shrinking production.
When we import oil we export jobs. So, Run on energy jobs: the jobs that come with exploration and building infrastructure (refineries and Nuclear power plants). It's the greatest job program we can have.
Stop talking about taxes as a burden on this or that individual (and whether he's rich) and talk about it as a burden on the entire economy. The economy can comfortably carry at a government that takes less than 30 percent of the GNP. At forty percent it gets out of breath. It's the difference between being fit and healthy and fat and fainting. Or perhaps a race horse carrying a weight. The heavier the weight, the more the "handicap." The Democrats as handicappers. The Democratic Congress as The DC Handicappers.
I'll have to give this more thought.
WORST CONGRESS EVER: "Remember when only 14% approved of the job Congress is doing? A year later, only 9% do." The Pelosi/Reid leadership team is taking Congress places it's never been before!
UPDATE: So why are the Republicans running scared, and why aren't they going after the "new Democratic Congress" hammer-and-tongs? Beats me. Because they're idiots, I guess.
The most obvious issue for the Republicans to exploit is Oil and energy. Paint the Democratic Congress as the most important member of OPEC, as I describe below. McCain should change "no drill in ANWR" to "keep the Alaskan Pipeline full." There is a lot of other oil up there we can use.
What the Democrats call Big Oil long ago became Big Government Oil. The Majors are now overwhelmingly controlled by Governments. Some are run as if the personal property of the Tyrant in charge. In the US, government regulation is constant and fierce. When the majors where private companies, fuel was cheap and plentiful. It is now Big Government — little oil. Big Government, shrinking production.
When we import oil we export jobs. So, Run on energy jobs: the jobs that come with exploration and building infrastructure (refineries and Nuclear power plants). It's the greatest job program we can have.
Stop talking about taxes as a burden on this or that individual (and whether he's rich) and talk about it as a burden on the entire economy. The economy can comfortably carry at a government that takes less than 30 percent of the GNP. At forty percent it gets out of breath. It's the difference between being fit and healthy and fat and fainting. Or perhaps a race horse carrying a weight. The heavier the weight, the more the "handicap." The Democrats as handicappers. The Democratic Congress as The DC Handicappers.
I'll have to give this more thought.
2 comments:
Got to you via Belmont. This is an excellent commentary. I wonder sometimes, does anyone in the McCain camp, or the Republican camp in general, read all the fine ideas being generated in blogs?
Nah!
Peterike,
Just noticed your comment. Of course Sen. Graham, a Republican, has pretty much torpedoed the Energy issue for Republicans. I think he's got some rich contributors that got beach property that he wants to keep happy. That's where he goes yachting and stuff. No off shore drilling, says he, and screw the rest of us. Perhaps I should say Screw the rest of the U.S.
What we need is a new Senate. I was all for concentrating on the Democrats but now I am for getting rid of the lot. We got a Washington DC party. We need a rest of the nation Party. The House got too many secure seats so let's start with the Senate. We don't need new energy legislation, we need a new Senate. We don't need new tax law. We need a new Senate. We don't need new regulations. We need a new Senate. We don't need help from Washington. We need a new
Senate.
What do I want for Christmas? A new Senate. I do not want a rebate check. I want a new Senate. I do not want more town hall meeting and more scripted debates. I want a new Senate. Want to know what I want? A new Senate. Get rid of the lot.
OK, time for a deep breath.
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