from Kos: Economic Talking Points For Democratic Leaders

[Coexist]

bonddad's diary is brilliant.

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So, I have provided you with some economic talking points. You see, we live in a 30-second sound bite world. You have to speak in simple sentences and say the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. That's what Bush has done with such phrases as "9/11 changed everything" and "war on terror." Why the hell do you think everybody says, "9/11 changed everything?" Because Bush says it in every speech! So, that's what we have to do. Just to make sure you see these phrases
I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THEM IN BOLDFACE AND CAPITAL LETTERS

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The administration has a nasty habit of lying. So they often use June 2003 as the starting point for their job numbers. It would be really nice if you called them out on this, but that requires backbone which you are really lacking right now. SOOOO, let's use the administration's dates. In June 2003 there were 129,822,000 establishment jobs in the US and there were 135,230,000 in June of 2006. That's a compound annual growth rate of 1.5% which is still THE WORST RATE OF JOB CREATION IN 40 YEARS See? Wasn't that easy? You don't even have to call the administration a bunch of lying hacks. You can use their points and still say, this is THE WORST RATE OF JOB CREATION IN 40 YEARS.

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It would really help the middle class if the administration's policies created good paying jobs. But they haven't. According to a study by Global Insight, the top 10 areas of job creation for the years 2003-2005 pay on average $9000/year less than the top ten areas of jobs lost in 2001-2003. So, all you have to say is, "BUSH'S NEW JOBS PAY $9000 LESS PER YEAR." See - that's not hard, is it? Let's try it again. "BUSH'S NEW JOBS PAY $9000 LESS PER YEAR." And one more time just to make sure you've got it down. BUSH'S NEW JOBS PAY $9000 LESS PER YEAR."

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According to the National Bureau of Economic Analysis, this expansion started in November 2001 when the average hourly pay of non-supervisory workers was $14.70.This figure was $16.62 in May of 2006 for an increase of 13.06%. Over the same period, the inflation gage increased from 177.4 to 202.5, or an increase of 14.15%. Therefore, wages for non-supervisory employees have decreased a little over 1% since this expansion began.

So - here is your economic talking point: WORKING PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD A RAISE IN 5 YEARS. Pretty easy, huh? Let's try it again, WORKING PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD A RAISE IN 5 YEARS. And one more time -- WORKING PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD A RAISE IN 5 YEARS.

Easy as pie!

[Selatius]

1. It'll work; sound-bite politics is unfortunately what many live on.

It may or may not beat the Republicans, but I can guarantee you it will even the playing field.

[Emit]

2. TX, FLDem5! I'll add these to my list on my weekly evening walks

2 to 3 times a week, I have been walking and knocking with other volunteers -- going door to door to talk issues with voters. Mostly, we're just talking with Dem voters, because we're also looking for volunteers and reaching out to our base. Every once in a while, we hit the Dem voter who says it's all the Dems' fault -- really! We had one this week -- "Well, if the Democrats would've just got out of the Republicans' way in the beginning, and hadn't put up all the roadblocks, things would be just fine..." Sometimes, no matter the talking points, they're just too far gone, sadly.

Anyway, thanks again. I'm keeping a list.