Reply #87: They've done a pretty good job of adopting the strawman so far. The only problem is that the public

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have been unable to recognize it as a strawman. They think he really IS a "job creator."


IMHO one of the solutions is this: The GOP are the paid servants of the plutocratic class. Supply-Side/Trickle-down economic policies are not "conservative" economic policies they are PLUTOCRAT economic policies. Written BY plutocrats for the benefit OF plutocrats and nothing more. By having the GOP hammer away at wedge issues like flag burning and gay marriage at the same time they're hammering away at tax cuts, they've been able to co-opt social conservatives into supporting economic policies that are not in their best interests, and are, in many cases, benefiting people social conservatives hate. (Paris Hilton, Michael Moore, George Soros etc.....aside from Hilton, people I love, of course.)

So, it will be less of an uphill battle to convince people who self-identify as "conservatives" that these are really NOT conservative economic policies than it will be to convince people who self-identify as conservatives that they are not really CONSERVATIVES. And the truth is that these are NOT "conservative" economic policies. Conservative economic policies are usually...well...CONSERVATIVE. ie-fostering THRIFT! Sponsoring government policies that encourage SAVINGS rather than making it easier to go into DEBT. Holding Wall Street executives RESPONSIBLE for reckless behavior, dishonesty, fraud, and corporate malfeasance. These are issues even people who self-identify as conservatives can get behind, if only we'd encourage them to.