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Re: POL - OfA wants money to offset Palin's negative comments about Obama

Released on 2012-10-15 17:00 GMT

Email-ID 406203 Date 1970-01-01 01:00:00 From mongoven@stratfor.com To morson@stratfor.com, defeo@stratfor.com, pubpolblog.post@blogger.com

Re: POL - OfA wants money to offset Palin's negative comments about

Obama





This is right out of the Clinton play book.



The first stage is run by the "crazies" -- in crises this was James

Carville's job, but Clinton used a number of crazies depending on the

issue. The crazy says ridiculous things that aren't especially true and

make lots of people mad, but they make the news becasue they're incidiary

and flamboyant. This puts the issue in the public sphere. Palin appears

to be the GOP's Carville.



The next wave should come from more reasonable sounding people. This was

generally Paul Begala's job. This role builds its credibility by being

more measured that the crazy person, but the final message is the same lie

or bending of the truth. I can't tell who the Begala is for the GOP.

(There seems an endless supply, doesn't there? The moron House Minority

Leader and a number of Senators seems to have taken the lead in this for

now.)



The third wave, and most important, is the character assassin. This is

the person who says horrible things about anyone who calls the second

person a liar or bender of hte truth. This was Rahm Emanuel's job, though

sometimes Begala did this while Rahm was the second guy. The third wave

guy generally keeps a low profile and only comes out in order to "defend"

the wrongly attacked person against the "unfair" hits thrown by the

opposition. If this guy is good, when he is done, the lie is the truth

and the person who calls the lie a lie is seen as a bad guy, bully or

corrupt (corporate shill, for instance, if he's a Republican). This role

is currently being played mainly be GOP Senators and some governors and

former governors. Look for Hailey Barbour and Rudy Giuliana to emerge as

solid #3s.



It's a nice system as long as everyone in the media stands by. It's a

good food fight, which is most important for the, when one side calls the

other liars. The media has given up its credibility on calling "truth"

and the cable shows lie with impunity as both MSNBC and Fox lie and call

the other side liars on a nightly basis.



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Subject: POL - OfA wants money to offset Palin's negative comments about

Obama



Seems like what you were saying happened to Bush I with Clinton.



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Right now, Sarah Palin is on a highly publicized, nationwide book tour,

attacking President Obama and his plan for health reform at every turn.



It's dangerous. Remember, this is the person who coined the term "Death

Panels" -- and opened the flood gates for months of false attacks by

special interests and partisan extremists.



Whatever lie comes next will be widely covered by the media, then

constantly echoed by right-wing attack groups and others who are trying to

defeat reform.



As we approach the final sprint on health reform, we can't afford more

deception and delay. We need to be ready for anything -- and have the

resources to respond with ads, events, and calls to Congress when the

attacks come.



So we're setting a big goal: $500,000 in the next week to help push back

against Sarah Palin and her allies. Please chip in $5 to help reach our

goal.



Please donate



Earlier this month, Palin publicly said that she hopes health reform will

be "dead on arrival." And since then, she's been working fiercely toward

that goal.



On Tuesday, Palin went on Rush Limbaugh's radio show where she

outrageously -- and falsely -- suggested that Americans could "face jail

time as punishment" if they don't buy insurance.



Palin has many more interviews scheduled on Hannity and other conservative

shows in the next few weeks, with more platforms to go after the

President. As soon as she does, the rest of our opponents will likely

parrot those attacks.



We need to be prepared. And we're counting on you help. Can you chip in

$5?



https://donate.barackobama.com/SarahPalin



Thanks,



Mitch



Mitch Stewart

Director

Organizing for America









