Fighting for a Progressive Agenda
By admin | July 12, 2011
Strategy and Tactics
I will not give Obama a pass because he is working with an intransigent Congress. He has let them frame the debate; he has not supported the promises he made during his campaign; he has abandoned labor and his justice department is as criminal, as it was under, the previous, illegal, illegitimate occupant of the white house, if I might use Norm’s words.
Obama does not respect his base. We must initiate a dump Obama now campaign. This is the only way to get his attention.
We have to dispense with the notion we have a free press: We have, like our congress the best press money can buy. Even NPR uses the language of our enemy. Pressure the press with letters emails and protests to report the news accurately. Reframe the debate. Use our language not theirs. We must own the language; every time I hear the words job-creator I want to hear the words, trust fund baby, offshore accounts, indolent rich. Every time I hear the republicans talk about redistribution of wealth, I want to hear tax fairness, Social Security must not be called an entitlement!. Well you get the picture.
We must fight the Democratic party from the inside out and the outside in. We all know the Republicans are a fully own arm of multinational corporations. The democrats are only half in the bag.
We most look for shared interest and common cause. Labor has been screwed by this administration by neglect. They are natural ally for progressive causes.
Finally, we need to learn from the Tea Party, and aggressively challenge the blue dogs in primary elections with progressive candidates.
Please consider this just a first draft.
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