Joel B. Pollak @ Big Government
In 2008, an aggressive candidate Barack Obama told supporters to “argue with them, get in their faces.” In 2012, Republicans are taking a page from Obama’s book, holding a “counter-convention” outside the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC. While Republican nominee Mitt Romney will be keeping a low profile all week, his party is taking the fight straight to the gates of the opposition.
The “counter-convention” will feature GOP leaders–including Sen. Marco Rubio (FL), Gov. Nikki Haley (SC), and Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus–among fifty Republican “communicators.” There will also be zany, street-theater tactics–such as “You Build It” Legos and a NASCAR race car emblazoned with the number “12.” (The picture above is from last week’s Republican convention in Tampa, FL and suggests some of what may be in store.)
The Republican Party has never done anything like this before, and is showing an ability to adapt both to the new media era and to the Alinskyite “community organizing” tactics of Obama himself. Amidst the fun and fanfare, the counter-conventioneers will push a pointed message, asking Democrats and Americans in general whether they feel they are better off than they were four years ago–a key question in re-election campaigns.
Democrats had planned similar tactics at the Republican National Convention. Vice President Joe Biden, for example, was to have addressed a rally in Tampa on the first day of the RNC, but the event was canceled (as was the first day of the convention) due to concerns about the possible impact of what was then Tropical Storm Isaac. Later, Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz turned up, together with Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL) and DNC speaker/contraception activist Sandra Fluke.
I think that it would be excellent to have clowns with picket signs of support following Biden around this election. The could have inspiring captions such as:
“Clown’s for Biden! He’s one of us!”
“A second term for these clowns!”
“Clowns for clowns, Vote Democrat”
“No one knows clowns like these ones!”
“Obama & Biden, It’s a big honkin’ deal!”
“Biden makes the Oval Office a 3-ring circus”
“With Democrats, the circus is always in town!”
“Da Chevy Vote, A clown-car in every garage!”
“Send in the clowns? Don’t bother, they’re there”
“Obama/Biden, We’re not done clowning around”
“Obama/Biden, ‘Cause the Joker’s a comic book guy.”
“With Obama & Biden, the Joke’s on you!”
“Why vote GOP? Keep these clown!”
“Four more years of these clowns.”
“DNC = Democrats National Clowns”
“Give these Jokers 4 more years”
“Pie throwers (Heart) Obama”
“Re-elect these clowns!”
“Love that Joker!”
I love it……R&R all the way to the White House…………
Just like football. To avoid the huge rush and blitzes, run misdirections and throw plenty of screen passes. Get in their face using their tactics. Well done!
DEMS IRRATIONAL STONE CLOWNS,
HIDE THE MARIHUANA,
YOUR HANDS ARE BLOODY WITH ABORTION OF HUMANS,
GO AHEAD DRINK BEER TO FORGET IT,
the DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING THEY ARE BETTER OF SINCE THE LAST FOUR YEARS,
OF COURSE THEY WOULD SAY THAT, THEY ARE COLLECTING MONEY FROM THE HAVE NOT,
ASK THE 23MILLIONS UNEMPLOYED IN THIS AMERICA, BUT THEY DON’T HAVE THE GUTS
TO ASK, THEY ARE DISHONEST