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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
No... The specific PR approach. They had a smorgasbord of choices (cutting pieces of HCReform, cutting the Dept of Education, cutting various programs and fluffing the numbers on the resulting savings...). But they went for the simplest, dumbest, most tired angle: Earmarks. And now watch - they're going to use Limbaugh's silly argument I described above.
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If the Dems have any sense (note: feckless idiots, so obv. counter-factual), they'd propose and push thru in the lame duck session a statutory ban on earmarks. Read into the record *exactly* Limbaugh's explanation for why it will work and avoid any temptation to add in statements about needing to restrain the next Congress. Fast track it, do everything to get it enacted, even give credit to the Rs, if necessary. Just end the conversation about it *now*, so that they can force the Rs to move onto their next deficit reduction proposal--which is ... nothing.
