Five-point Hammer-the-GOP Plan to Soften Things Up This Summer

UPDATED June 20, 2012
Having established the fact that Romneydoesn't get itPresident Obama can now pivot to present and future
The public already blames Bush for deficit and recession The public knows a fair tax system is necessary The public knows Romney is an empty suit
Cut to the Present and Future
Hammer the Congress for stalling things the American people want and need
Hammer the GOP for current behavior people don't appreciate
Hammer Romney for positions people don't likedistortions that reveal odd character traitsfor outright lies
Hammer Koch and Companyfor trying to buy the electionand to suppress the vote
Hammer Jobs HypoctisyBoehner for inactionMcConnell for nihilismTea Party GOP Congress
FINALLY
Propose the Grand BargainMake fair taxation central
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The past can be inferredThe present can be shownThe need can be deduced

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"Sto Perigiali" One of the Surpassingly Best Tunes Theodorakis Has Written

A Setting for a Poem "Denial" Beloved by the Greek People by the Nobel Prize Winning Poet Giorgos Seferis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhk0ckaCxDI
The remarkable video at the link above is of a performance of "Sto perigiali" Mario Frangoulis and Mikis Theodorakis in 2001.

Frangoulis and Theodorakis are joined by musicians, including two bouzouki players, and a very large audience that is completely familiar with the words. The audience joins in at Frangoulis' prompt.

This is my very favorite Theodorakis melody. Those who know Theodorakis only for his "Zorba" music are in for a treat. When I was in Athens in 1966, for a short period of study with Constantinos Doxiadis, I knew nothing of Theodorakis. But about five years later, my friend Irene Vassos sang "Sto perigiali" to us. I have never gotten the tune out of my mind.

Later, when Irene joined our group to form a travelling company performing "New Rain", I learned to pick out a …

Obama Ads Should Be Grass Roots Cinema Verite

ShortFormContent at Blogger: How President Obama Can Win Christian Conservatives:

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To counter the invidious efforts of Karl Rove and the Brothers Koch, simple videos of everyday people expressing gratitude for specific results from specific things that the President has achieved will create a signature response that will turn the tables on the Super PACs.

There could be an intro that flags lies distortions and anonymous attacks as unreal and even criminal and a cut to what is real, recognizable and not anonymous I am (name). I have lived here in (name) for (time). Thanks to (President Obama's (name) Act ... and so forth for ten seconds. Close with a continuation of the story narrated over evocative images and simple acoustic music.

This would be a fantastic way to counter the attacks on the President. For every specific attack, a video that shows the truth. And grass roots people who intend to vote for the President.

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