I made my second online citation!

Link to editorial: Here

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Democrats MUST be willing to engage the enemy!

We cannot allow the right to continue to frame the debate on every subject. We, as democrats, must be PREPARED to go into the proverbial lion's den and assertively and articulately make our case.

Now, that also means we better know just what is our "case".

If what the person above says is true, it's disgraceful. We should have a cadre of people prepared and ready to respond to EVERY request to speak on EVERY conservative radio and television talk show to which we are invited no matter the issue.

The ONLY way we can begin to "reframe" the debate on the subjects important to us is to prepare to engage and then engage. This means that if they try to frame a question using a false assertion or premise, we need to call them on it.

For example, if they ask for a fix or advice on privitization, we need to make the case that A) Social security is NOT a crisis, B) The issues that do exist are not remedied by privitization, and C) Our plan to fix those looming issues that do exists is "X". Then we need to make it clear that privitization is attempt to change social security in toto, not fix it; AND if that is the subject they want to talk about, then that is a different subject and then we need to be able to articulate a stand on that as well.

We have to engage and we have to be willing to call bullshit when they try to lead us down their path to destruction. We cannot send people who can only spout ideology alone. We must have INFORMED people who can articulate the choices and the ramifications of each. Most importantly...WE MUST ENGAGE!

Please encourage your Senators and Representatives to engage the right wing media whenever possible.