Cut The Crap
By Mitch Berg
Joe Doakes from Como Park writers:
Liberals are having hysterics about Romney’s remark. Conservatives are tying themselves in knots trying to justify it. I wish they’d stop, just stop.
Candidate Romney, seeking donations from wealthy people, played to their prejudices about producers and takers.
Candidate Obama, seeking donations from wealthy people, played to their prejudices about religion and guns.
Both candidates did it and for the same reasons. Look, it’s simple human nature. You must convince donors you are on their side in order to convince them to give you money. It’s a standard campaign fundraising tactic, taught in all the candidate schools and used by every political party.
Utilizing proven fundraising techniques says nothing about the candidate’s true feelings on the issue, and says nothing about the truth of the underlying issue because it’s not an appeal to truth, it’s an appeal to prejudice and we all know it. Candidates don’t say those things because they’re true, they say them because that’s what shakes the money loose, which is all that matters in a campaign fundraiser.
But it’s not politically correct to admit that you appeal to prejudice to raise money so all politicians deny it and their supporters try to spin it when what voters really should do is accept it and ignore it. Campaign fundraising is a distraction from the real questions: what will you do when you get elected to fix the economy and keep the nation safe?
Drop the fake outrage and talk about things that you, as politicians, actually can do something about: the budget, taxes, war. Can we do that, please?
Joe Doakes
Como Park
But it’s the “fake outrage” that gives Obama’s media so much fodder!
September 20th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
You’re right, Joe. It’s Obama’s media. He controls the message, because he owns the messengers. For those who go through life with eyes open, it’s transparent hypocrisy, but that may or may not be the majority. We’ll find out in 45 days.
September 20th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
First, Mitt the bold truth teller meant what he said. Then, Mitt’s meaning was distorted by clever liberals and their 2 minute gap. Now what Mitt said has no meaning because no candidate ever means what they say to campaign donors.
Routinely lying to your donors is not a way to raise money. If it were, Obama could have gone in front of the same crowd, said the same thing, and raised the same amount of money. Donors are very good at figuring out if a candidate believes what they say. Candidates who BS donors have a short life in politics.
September 20th, 2012 at 10:11 pm
What’s fake about it? Keep it real and rebuttals will be taken seriously. If you don’t, you’ll be blown off. Donors do not like to give money to things they don’t care about. They will do the research first. …
September 20th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
RickDFL wrote:
First, Mitt the bold truth teller meant what he said.
RickDFL the mind reader is back! Has there ever been a mind reader who was so wrong about the thoughts and motivations of actual human beings?
Four centuries ago RickDFL would have been a great witchfinder general.
Being a pro-worker guy, I look at the actions rather than the convictions of politicians, because their convictions may as well be mythical.
Romney promises higher economic growth. Throughout history, this has been good for virtually everyone in a society.
Obama seems to think he can achieve the same thing through redistribution of wealth. This has a decidedly mixed record.
So if you are pro-worker, vote Romney.
If you are pro-manager and pro-layabout, vote Obama.
It really is that simple.
September 21st, 2012 at 5:55 am
It’s funny how you wingnuts do that backwards thing, Blofeld. I guess ladies, black people, Hispanics should also vote Republican, despite the fact that precious few of them have any intention of doing so?
It really is that stupid.
September 21st, 2012 at 6:36 am
a/c and Ricky; enjoy your status as useful idiots of the DemocRAT party. I can’t wait until the Obamacare tax increases hit on all of you drooling, kool aid drinking sycophants!
September 21st, 2012 at 6:38 am
Angryclown has all his wealth in the Caymans, Boss Hogg.
September 21st, 2012 at 6:54 am
Caymans – south of Perth Amboy on the 1-9?
September 21st, 2012 at 8:15 am
Cayman’s – A bar and Grill in Atlantic City.
September 21st, 2012 at 9:14 am
A fleet of Porsches?
September 21st, 2012 at 9:35 am
Anybody who has to or wants to work for a living should vote for Romney, Angry Clown.
I guess you think that women and minorities don’t want jobs?
September 21st, 2012 at 10:24 am
Oh! Caymans. Small, alligators-like reptiles. Great place to keep your wealth.