Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Going for the Jugular


“And a Democratic option that sought to bar all gun sales to those individuals on the terror watch list failed 47-53, the second time the proposal went down to defeat after a mass shooting. California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein originally pushed the proposal in December after a shooting in San Bernardino, and revived it after the horrific Orlando nightclub shooting by a gunman who pledged allegiance to the terror group ISIS.” WGN website 06/21/2016”

Interesting. This a.m., early, just after waking I heard a news item similar to the above. I immediately was possessed by the spirit of some left of center anti-matter twin of Carl Rove or Frank Luntz, from some parallel universe, and came up up with the perfect Democratic spin on the above event. More on that later.

A number of years ago I was listening to a weekly broadcast of the Washington Press Club, the lunch speaker was Theodore Roosevelt the 3rd or 4th. Like his illustrious namesake, he was a Republican, and a member of that extinct in public office, and near extinct everywhere sub genius, a Progressive Republican. Yes Virginia, their used to be Progressive Republicans. In fact, his name sake was their national standard bearer. His namesake now tends to serve as a CEO or President of a major environmental organization, mirroring his namesake again.
Anyway, at the lunch he was asked: “What is the key difference between Republicans and Democrats. His Reply? “Republicans have an instinct for the jugular, Democrats have a instinct for the capillaries.” Quite right. I agree with that pretty much sums up the differences in approach to issues, the spin style if you will, of the two. I wonder why? Bears research i think. But i digress...

Of course, Faux News is trying to do spin control , or even funnier, the view of  “Terrorist Watchlist: The Re-Birth of Tyranny” from the folks at Ammoland Shooting Sports News….

But, back to my first thought this a.m.

What would it sound like if Democrats made statements about this vote in the spin style of the Republicans? If today every Democratic candidate & operative said the same thing? I think it would sound like this:

The Republicans and the NRA support ISIS.
They want to arm ISIS terrorists in America.

A more Trumperized version:
The Republicans and the NRA support ISIS.
They want to arm ISIS terrorists in America.
In fact, in fact (double use intended) they are by this vote, giving aid and comfort to a sworn enemy of America.

Well there is a word for that, its treason. The republicans are traitors, just as bad as the terrorists themselves, maybe worse.

Chuckle.