Michael Moore’s Blueprint for an Obama Loss
He's been rather quiet recently, but Flint's finest is always a lively voice. His latest missive is a six-point plan for how the Democrats can still blow the easiest election they've faced in decades. Summary? Don't be so darn nice!
He’s been rather quiet recently, but Flint’s finest is always a lively voice. His latest missive is a six-point plan for how the Democrats can still blow the easiest election they’ve faced in decades. Summary? Don’t be so darn nice!
Wait, before you go…Michael Moore.com:
1. Keep saying nice things about McCain. If you want to help elect McCain, keep blessing him as if he were the white knight who accidentally hopped on the wrong horse. Keep reminding a country at war that he, and he alone, is a war hero. That he’s been “good on global warming” and campaign finance. Say that enough, and you know what happens? People start to believe it! You’ve sold them on the idea that McCain isn’t a bad egg, and they do not hear the rest of what you have to say: “But John McCain is four more years of George W. Bush.”
Don’t remind people that McCain wants to help the oil companies even more than Bush did. Don’t bring up that he wants to outlaw abortion. Back away from painting him as the guy who thinks it’s a good idea to stay in Iraq until pigs fly. That way, if you keep praising him, you can send a mixed message to the less informed, who are simply not going to figure it out. When they walk into a voting booth, they will see two names on the ballot:
☐ BARACK OBAMA ☐ WAR HERO
Trust me, this ain’t Sweden you’re living in. War Hero wins every time.
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