I’m starting to develop this theory that the Democrats’ “messaging” strategy is developing into something like this:
- Tell voters pretty much whatever you think they want to hear.
- Assume the voters are too incurious to check up on it.
- There is no point 3.
Submitted as evidence: Barbara Boxer’s speech against the Keystone Pipeline; I’ll emphasize the real howlers:
Not only would the construction of Keystone put no negative pressure on gasoline prices, an argument President Barack Obama has also made, but the California senator claimed it would have the precise opposite effect. “We’re going to see higher gas prices because of this,” Boxer insisted.
These and other comments delivered by Boxer over the course of her hours on the floor on Tuesday were equally confounding, but her most mystifying pronouncements were those in which she touted the bustling green economy of her home state.
“Ask yourself the question, is it worth exposing our people to these risks who I stood with shoulder to shoulder, and is it worth exposing the planet to these risks when we can create millions of jobs in a clean energy economy like we’re doing in my state,” she said. “And we’re going gangbusters!”
“I come from a state that is booming with hundreds of thousands of jobs with balanced budgets — clean energy future — and I come from a state that embraced cleaning up the environment and building the economy and jobs,” Boxer later added. “And they go hand in hand.”
Repeat after us: Scarcity leads to lower prices; plenty leads to higher prices. California is going gangbusters. The budget – “balanced” via tax hikes – is sustainable; the California pension bubble isn’t going to burst. Green energy is a goldmine for workers!
It sounds good on camera. It plays well with people who still think government still tells the truth, and that media will tell them if anything’s amiss. It plays well with Gruber’s America.
The question isn’t “has the Democrat party switched to an all-lie messaging strategy”. The queston is “given their assumptions, why would they not go to an all-lie messaging strategy?”
What Boxer said is false.
Or better yet, it’s true in the sense that hiring one group of people to dig holes and another group of people to fill the holes in ‘creates jobs’. All the money that is paid to produce a Kw of ‘green’ energy above what is paid to produce a Kw of energy using fossil fuels is money that can’t be spent on something else — healthcare or investment in new, more efficient technology.
Boxer is spokesman for the political faction that believes that is far better for her to spend your money than it is for you to spend your money.
Looks like Boxer’s got her medical marijuana purchase card, judging by her rants.