Leaked Letter Reveals Conservative Strategy For Iraq Debate: Don’t Talk About Iraq

[kpete]

But a leaked letter obtained today by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-MD) office reveals that conservatives have formulated a strategy to avoid talking about the central question of the debate.

In the letter, leading conservative Reps. John Shadegg (R-AZ) and Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) inform their allies: “The debate should not be about the surge or its details. This debate should not even be about the Iraq war to date, mistakes that have been made, or whether we can, or cannot, win militarily.” Shadegg and Hoekstra warn, if conservatives are forced to debate “the surge or the current situation in Iraq, we lose.”

Read it:



Instead, they write, “the debate must be about the global threat of the radical Islamic movement.” The problem is they lose that debate too.

more at:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/13/conservative-letter/

[Cocoa]

1. beautiful

we can sit back and watch the repugs and the pundits spout the talking points.

Note: the letter misspells Robert Kagan's name. :rofl:

[Cocoa]

3. an especially sweet part

"Thanks to the liberal mainstream media, Americans fully understand the consequences of continuing our efforts in Iraq -- both in American lives and dollars.

Damn that liberal media! Helping Americans fully understand important things!

[Roy Eidelson]

2. Staying on Message

This is another example of the Republicans' strategy of "staying on message," which has proven tragically effective in recent years regarding the war in Iraq. As the President himself once said: "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda"
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/2005052 ... ).

[BeHereNow]

6. Welcome to DU Roy.

You are absolutely correct.
BHN:hi:

[Bobbie Jo]

4. I double dawg dare one of the

more "outspoken" Dems to read this aloud on the floor of the House.
:kick:

[Cocoa]

5. it will happen

I predict more than one dem will refer to this letter during this debate.

[Sydnie]

7. Now you're just plain talking dirty to me

I think we should start a letter writing campaign to demand they do just that!