Hey Rocky! Watch Me Pull a Rabbit out of My Hat!

[bondwooley]

From an outside poll contemplating a GOP win in the midterms and asking how the GOP could possibly improve the economy:

... what the Republicans may not realize is, if they get the majority back, our economic mess will be their responsibility again. So what are the big and brilliant ideas they've got up their sleeves? What do you think the GOP will do to rescue the U.S. economy?

So what trick does the GOP count on to dig us out of this hole?

Prayer?

What's your opinion?

Original poll at:

http://www.pledge-drive.com/lesterandcharliesurvey.html

[madmax]

1. Nada - same ol

shit. They'll blame it on the last 2 years that Obama's been Prez. No facts, no reasoning - as long as Faux News tells them that's all that is needed.

[MrScorpio]

2. If we win, the GOP loses. If the GOP wins, EVERYBODY loses! nt

[scrubthedata]

6. To the point, and accurate! nt

[scrubthedata]

3. Maybe they'll outsource Congress and pay for it by taxing the unemployed. nt

[lonestarnot]

4. Again? WTF again? Is, was and always will be theirs!

[jobycom]

5. Thing is, they don't care. They have zero interest in fixing the economy.

Breaking it further is fine with them. All they want is to take a hammer to the vault and yank more money out of your pocket and give it to their rich donors. They don't care whether that fixes the economy. They don't believe for one second that it will fix anything. Okay, maybe their voters do, but not the leaders. They are running for office just to pass laws to give their richest supporters more of everyone else's money.

And no, they aren't afraid the voters will catch on. They haven't caught on since 1980. The Republicans, or their owners, own the media, turning it into a 24 hour infomercial for the Republican Party. The only difference between FOX and the others is the degree of subtlety in which they slant your opinion. If you're a complete moron, you can tune to FOX and hear the outrageous lies, smears, and ludicrous (yet unchallenged) assertions supporting Repubs and attacking Dems. If you are a bit smarter they've got MSNBC and CNN to slowly warp your opinions--by deflating your enthusiasm with reports of voter anger at Obama, polls showing we've lost momentum, etc. Back in 98 they began making George Bush the frontrunner for 2000. Bush had never expressed interest in running, was a weak governor in a state with a weak governership, and had nothing but a name to make him seem presidential in any way. Yet the media--not FOX, but the "real" media--treated him not only as the heir apparent, but as the messaih. "Bush has to be seen as the frontrunner. The Democrats have no clear candidate. Gore is hardly a serious option because he lies--did we mention he lies? We don't care if the stories aren't true, we'll keep reminding you of that." Of course, it's all once removed from them--they start off with "Sources say," or "Public opinion says," or "must fight the perception that..." Notice, they create the perception, and even if no one has that perception, they report the perception until somone does.

So the Republicans win. They may lose a term or two, but they don't care. Americans are too stupid to care enough about their country to learn the truth--they just form opinions and vote the way they are told, even as they are struggling to keep their head above the polluted water swirling down the drain. They can even see the Republicans pulling the lever to flush, but the media assures them that the Democrats trying to toss them a lifeline are really the cause of the flush, and they just keep cursing the lifeguards and worshipping the flushers.

So the Republicans don't care what they are expected to do. They make whatever promise they want, then just continue to rob us, and expect their PR people--meaning the media--to fix it for them.

And a disclaimer--I'm not trying to say there aren't legitimate reasons for anger at Obama and the Democrats, only that the media creates false issues, like outrage over health care, etc, to fire up the casual voters who swing elections, and create what they then call "conventional wisdom" or whatever their buzzword for this term is.

[bondwooley]

7. Some broad theories in your post, but...

... but I do tend to believe them. I don't think there's a secret society that GOPers enter and pledge to per se, but there certainly is a mindset that supports the quest for power just for power's sake at the expense of constituents.

I wish I could disagree with this snip below but all evidence seems to back it up:

So the Republicans win. They may lose a term or two, but they don't care. Americans are too stupid to care enough about their country to learn the truth--they just form opinions and vote the way they are told, even as they are struggling to keep their head above the polluted water swirling down the drain

[MineralMan]

8. That trick NEVER works.

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. Their plan? Media ownership.

The problem isn't that the economy sucks, it's that people know that the economy sucks.

[bondwooley]

11. Interesting. The economy is in great part psychological

At least in terms of growth.

[MilesColtrane]

10. Tax cuts

Entitlement cuts

Welfare cuts

Education cuts

Military spending increases

...the usual bullshit.

[bondwooley]

13. Think they'll start a new war to justify military spending increases? I wouldn't be surprised... nt

[Desertrose]

12. Presto...oops. Wrong hat!

:evilgrin:

[Flubadubya]

14. They'll just keep blaming Obama...

He'll be the "obstructionist" to their "agenda" (whatever they think that is). :puke:

On second thought... they'll IMPEACH him!


"They killed Barry... The Bastids!"

[bondwooley]

16. I keep hearing that "impeach" word ... just shows the pettiness of the GOP. nt

[rustydog]

15. They do not care about the US economy! They care only about the super rich

THEIR economy is just fine. The Republicans plan to continue with tax cuts for the rich, funding the military with insane trillions of dollars and fucking the poor.

What bad economy?

[Chicks With Dickens]

17. The GOP has short term goals...

... And little interest in this country's future. I say they'll repeal health care reform and tell everyone not to get sick. I can't resist a good poll, btw. I once kept a pollster on the phone for over an hour and he was awful unhappy when he asked me what age category I fit in. 50-75? 25 to 49? 18-24? Nope. I was 12. I think that negated every answer I'd given him. (and yes, this was a long time ago!!!!)

[scrubthedata]

18. Maybe the shortest term goal is staying employed ...

... perhaps they know that the only chance of employment is via elected office. Get elected = get a job (when no one else can).