Republicans' Insane Political Strategy: Ruining Our Country Hurts the Democratic Party

[babylonsister]

Republicans' Insane Political Strategy: Ruining Our Country Hurts the Democratic Party
The GOP knows that if it can damage the economy, the average voter might blame it on the president

May 13, 2014 |


The Republicans have their strategy, and they're sticking to it, even though it involves destroying lives and even killing people.

It's working so well based on a simple statistical reality.

The majority of Americans – depending on which survey you look at, between 60 and 75 percent – cannot name which political party controls the House of Representatives, which party controls the Senate, or either.

Because most Americans don't know who controls Congress, when Congress misbehaves, as they have been doing for six years, most Americans aren't sure who to blame.

Enter the Republican Chaos Strategy, based entirely on this statistical and political reality.

And common sense suggests that well over 90 percent of Americans know that Barack Obama is the president and that he is a Democrat.

The Republicans know this, too, and it's the other half of their strategy.

Therefore, what the Republicans know, is that if they can cause damage to the American economy and to American working people, the average voter, not realizing it was exclusively the Republicans who did it, are going to assume that the president – and the Democratic Party he is a member of – must bear some or maybe even all of the responsibility.

It's a brilliant strategy: Damage the country and you damage the Democratic Party.

And just in time for the midterm elections.

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[Thinkingabout]

1. The republicans delivered a ruined economy, two wars and run away spending.

They fought tooth and nail against a Democrat Congress to bail out the banks which would have resulted in total financial ruin. President was sworn in office with the Republicans declaring their goal was to ruin him. He saved the auto companies fighting the republicans to do so, they laughed, made fun and kept on destroying the country. They fought the ACA, lied and said this was the worst thing which could happen to the US. Now eight million plus has signed up they are back on Benghazi. I think the R stands for RUINING.

[GeorgeGist]

2. If someone could think of strategy which would keep ...

ill-informed people from voting, Democrats would win. IMO

[babylonsister]

3. Maybe we should not try to

limit ill-informed people from voting. That's a rethug strategy. Perhaps we should find a way to educate them with the truth? But that's also difficult for the willfully ignorant.