Thursday, November 10, 2022

Silence gives assent.

When they smear you, have to say something.  Otherwise people begin to think the smear is true.  You must say something, say the smear is false, say there is some other reason, turn the smear around and lay it on them.  Say something.

Republicans need to work on this.  During last election Democrats accused Republicans of wanting to end, (or reduce) social security benefits.  Totally untrue.  Nobody wants to end or reduce social security because of the furor it would create.  A huge number of people live on social security and any reduction would cause them severe hardship.  Every Republican knows this, and would never touch social security.  Yet Democrats were able to accuse Republicans of this, and the Republicans let them get away with it.  Republicans never came out and said we have no intention of reducing social security because we know how much people depend on it.

Something ought to be done.  Maybe the Republican National Committee needs to work up a “Smear of the Week that needs answering” list and pass it out to candidates and state committees. 

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