The New Strategy
Trent Wisecuff the chief of staff, for Rep. Joe Knollenberg of Michigan, told antiwar activist Bruce Filk of MoveOn.org: “You are against the country... Go away, we don’t want you here. You are not a citizen. You are a political hack with a political agenda. You are for everything that is wrong in this country. You want our soldiers to lose in Iraq. You want Toyota to beat G.M. If we followed your approach, Michigan would be in the tank.”
After the confrontation hit the Internet, Mr. Wisecuff provided Politico.com with additional statements: “True Americans make their political arguments with vigor, honor and pride. I have looked the MoveOn.org movement in the eye and I speak with certainty that this element does not want America to win in Iraq.
This episode in Michigan is a valid indication of the state of our politics today. It’s where politics starts and something even more brutish than politics begins.
Joe Knollenberg’s district is trending more Democratic and he is on the wrong side of all the big issues. He’s on the wrong side of the war, the SCHIP bill, global warming and didn’t bother showing up for the minimum wage vote. He is losing his district on the politics and has decided to not compete on a political level. Instead, Knollenberg has decide to confront political activists and denounce political activism as something that is un-American.
This was a deliberate strategy change on the part of Knollenberg to take the focus off his voting record. They had a meeting and decided that Trent Wisecuff would deny somebody’s right to protest by insisting that protesters are not a citizen, un-American, and a hack with a political agenda. The strategy claims a person can’t be an American if they are a political activist, because real Americans have no political opinions and are sheep. So just get back in the barn and be a good, quiet American without an opinion who doesn’t descent. Real Americans don’t disagree is the substance of their message.
Leaving Iraq is seen by most Republicans as losing. However, the presence of our military is not making us any safer. In fact, our occupation serves to encourage more terrorism. When our military leaves Iraq, we’ll begin to win the so called war on terrorism, because it will allow us to spend our limited resources in areas, which will actually make America safer.
After the confrontation hit the Internet, Mr. Wisecuff provided Politico.com with additional statements: “True Americans make their political arguments with vigor, honor and pride. I have looked the MoveOn.org movement in the eye and I speak with certainty that this element does not want America to win in Iraq.
This episode in Michigan is a valid indication of the state of our politics today. It’s where politics starts and something even more brutish than politics begins.
Joe Knollenberg’s district is trending more Democratic and he is on the wrong side of all the big issues. He’s on the wrong side of the war, the SCHIP bill, global warming and didn’t bother showing up for the minimum wage vote. He is losing his district on the politics and has decided to not compete on a political level. Instead, Knollenberg has decide to confront political activists and denounce political activism as something that is un-American.
This was a deliberate strategy change on the part of Knollenberg to take the focus off his voting record. They had a meeting and decided that Trent Wisecuff would deny somebody’s right to protest by insisting that protesters are not a citizen, un-American, and a hack with a political agenda. The strategy claims a person can’t be an American if they are a political activist, because real Americans have no political opinions and are sheep. So just get back in the barn and be a good, quiet American without an opinion who doesn’t descent. Real Americans don’t disagree is the substance of their message.
Leaving Iraq is seen by most Republicans as losing. However, the presence of our military is not making us any safer. In fact, our occupation serves to encourage more terrorism. When our military leaves Iraq, we’ll begin to win the so called war on terrorism, because it will allow us to spend our limited resources in areas, which will actually make America safer.
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