Colbert: Iraq Will Now Always Be Remembered As The War That Ended Early (VIDEO)

Spectacle and slogans, they're what win elections in America! Liberals' crippling weakness is that we keep trying to talk about real stuff that matters to people's lives, while Republicans know all they have to do is whip up emotional bogeymen to stampede voters their way. Works every time.

Agreed, Liz AND jdb - the "bumper sticker and sound byte" folks have indeed managed to grab those who are unable to think for themselves or remember real facts, but the Dems, with their overabundance of nuanced positions and statistics, facts and reasons, have an extreme lack of ability to just drill down and come up with a few short phrases that are as attention-grabbing as "death panels" and similar ugly and false two or three word blurbs that roll off the tongue easily and can be remembered by even the most Fox News-addled. I believe this is one of the reasons the "Anti-Elite" Strategy (related to the Southern Strategy)has been so effective. They convince their sheep-like followers that obtaining an education, be it completing high school, college or post-graduate, will turn them into un-American, nation-hating, tolerant, "elites," you know, folks who would be no fun to drink a beer with, and thus unsuitable to run the country. Of course, it is the well-educated GOP'ers who thought this up, but since they are pretty much all white, overfed and bigoted, their educations are not held against them. And the strategy makes sense, because getting more education exposes people to folks unlike themselves and new and different ideas, increases tolerance by taking away the fear of "the other," makes people much more likely to be capable of independent thought, less likely to settle for unsupported talking points, and thus, less likely to vote Republican. Unfortunately, that disdain and rejection of education also means that America has fallen far behind numerous other countries in the sciences, math and even basics like reading, so all the technical and other higher paying jobs are being shipped overseas (by GOP businesses) to countries where education is valued, lowering the overall employability of Americans and making us, essentially,a third world nation in the education, invention, research, manufacturing, medical, information technology and other advancing fields. Instead, we are moving from a country where people would do whatever necessary to make sure their kids could get a good education and do better than their parents, to one where kids are being raised (and in many cases, more kids than folks can afford) in families who think education is something to be scorned and avoided at all costs - wouldn't want your child to grow up "elite" would you? But, this "strategy" keeps Republicans who will never earn more than $30K, $50K or even $150K voting for more huge tax cuts for the 2% with adjusted gross incomes (after all deductions) of over $250,000. How else could you accomplish that except to encourage lack of the education that would make folks realize they were voting to hurt their own and their childrens' futures. Like convincing people that a public insurance option was "bad" (freedom-ending socialism), but Medicare (government-run medical insurance which was enlarged exponentially by Bush Jr.) was "untouchable." But hey, sorry, there I go using that college education again when I could just watch FOX to be told how to vote and what to think.

So yes, the Dems need to come up with some short, snappy catchwords to identify their positions and achievements, but when folks have so many ideas, it is hard to cull them. Still, it really, really needs to be done, and FAST! (Clearly, based on the length of my submission, I am not a candidate for the "snappy sound byte" creation committee...)

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