The Republicans 

Declare the Playing Field

The "Born-Again Republicans:  

John McCain, in keeping with the George Bush election methodology, has declared the Republicans to be the political version of  the religious concept called 'Born-Again."   McCain renounced the sins of the republican party and came out as saved man and a former, long-suffering sinner  -- a saved sinner who intended to return to the pit of darkness and fight to save everyone form the evils of Washington.     The  core of the Republican party is made up of conservative Christians.   They  love this kind of jargon.   They feel right at home.   

Not only that, there is an important, emotionally soothing, underlying belief-component to his technique which makes this idea so important the political manipulators and so palatable to the fundamental Christians:    When one is "born again," all past sins and transgressions are forgiven.  

As a result, when John McCain announced himself in the presidential campaign as  a "reformer,"  he, came in clean, relieved of all his past actions and his association with George Bush and the other Republican "sinners."   This may sound silly and unimportant, even simplistic, until you realize the people do not vote with their minds.   They vote with their emotions and then make up a reason to justify their actions.

You might also note the the Republicans are masters of political theater.   For example, at the Republican convention, on the night that Sarah Palin gave her speech, her husband showed up with a two-day growth of facial hair, just like the macho males do in the advertising industry.   During that evening the camera repeatedly focused on pregnant daughter holding the latest Palin baby.   

During the convention, all the speakers spoke from the stage a few feet in front of the screen behind them.   When John McCain spoke, he stood at the head of a long, phallic-symbol runway the extended out  from the stage deep into the middle of the audience.    Do you think any of this was coincidental?   It was all political theater aimed at eliciting emotions.     

At the Republican convention,  the leaders of the Republican party clearly indicated  where they intend to focus their attention.   

1)   They went to great lengths to distance themselves from the Republican party.   They claimed themselves to be reformers.   

2)  They want the focus of attention to be on personalities.

This approach is designed to take attention away from what the Republicans have been doing for the past eight years.  

The republicans refer to themselves as the party of Abraham Lincoln.   How can the claim to be a kin of President Lincoln who died 143 years ago (1865) and at the same time, be separate from George Bush who is the 2008, alive, in-the-Whitehouse  leader of their own, present-day, political establishment?

It would seem that the logical, political response is to do the exact opposite.   Here are four playing fields to consider:

Some people will call the four responses offered below to be dirty campaigning.  One needs to consider this:  

In a political campaign, who sets the ethical level?  

The side with the lowest ethical standards!    If your opponent is using negative campaigning and you're not,  you lose.    John McCain proved that in the 2000 Presidential campaign.

Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich, and the others of like character have not gone away.   They are merely out of site.    Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich were both at the Republican convention.

1)  Who and what are the Republicans: 
 Continue to link McCain to the Republican establishment.   Ask who is going to do all this reforming? 

2)   Compare the Two Sides -- Republicans and Democrats.
  Stop the focus on personalities.   Focus on the two teams, Republicans and Democrats.    Describe how they differ.   

3)  Who is Ready to be President:
McCain was ready and able to be President eight years ago, but he no longer is.   He's too old.    Are the Candidates Ready to Be President ²   ---   This is a two sided question:  Is Barack Obama ready to be President?   Is John McCain ready to be President?   

4)  Secret Republican Taxation
Focus on the 480 Billion in secret taxes:   The Taxation Lie --  Exposed ²    ---  Either John McCain doesn't understand basic economics or he's lying to us about taxation.   Either way, he's unfit to be the President of the Unites States.

Critically Important concepts

   Language, Words, Definitions, Meanings  ²   

  Determining the Playing Field  ²

  Responding to Labels, Challenges, Dirty Tricks  ²

   How to Overcome the Racial Issue ²

   Are the Candidates Ready to Be President ²  

   Who Is the Riskier Candidate ² 

   The Taxation Lie --  Exposed ² 

    Focus on the Team not on Personality ² 

Overlooked Contexts and Perspectives

   The Grandfather Generation  ²    

    Theta Transformation (Theta Healing )

    The Most Critical Factors ²

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