Everytime Democrats want to implement bad policy, they have to trot out some phoney victim to make their case. Whether it’s opposition to the war using phoney soldiers, or using kids, elderly or poor people (who aren’t quite the victims the Democrats paint them to be) to peddle government-run healthcare.

In 1996, Hillary Clinton propped up young Jennifer Bush, a seven-year-old with mystery ailments whose mother coached her to lobby for universal health care Jennifer was trotted out to present the Clintons a lucky silver dollar “to bring you good luck so everyone can have good insurance.” Jennifer’s mother was later convicted of aggravated child abuse and welfare fraud for misrepresenting $60,000 in assets on Medicaid forms.

In 2000, Al Gore propped up elderly widow Winifred Skinner to lambaste high drug prices. Gore repeated her claim that she had to pick up cans on the side of the road to pay for medicine. Dan Rather bemoaned: “She’s no child, but she belongs on a poster about high drug costs.” One problem: Winifred’s own well-to-do son, businessman Earl King, debunked those claims.

In 2004, John Kerry propped up Mary Ann Knowles, a breast cancer patient who he claimed “had to keep working day after day right through her chemotherapy, no matter how sick she felt, because she was terrified of losing her family’s health insurance?” The conservative Manchester Union Leader editorial page reported: “Knowles chose to work through most, but not all, of her chemotherapy because her husband was out of a job…She and husband John did not want to take the pay cut that would have come with disability leave, so Mary Ann kept working.”

Democrats have to sell their policies on emotion… they won’t get any traction otherwise. But in this day and age of instant access to information and the ability for average citizens to easily disseminate the facts to a large audience, that tactic just ain’t gonna cut it anymore.

1. Its all based on emotion. As I tell many people for various reasons political, those who give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. AND how do we coerce people to give up liberty class? LIE TO EM! And what kind of lies do the people fall for more? THE BIG ONES!

   So a similar case here, If we stir emotions on a matter, people won’t question the underlying motives, and don’t care if we’re sacrificing Taxpayer money or Essential liberty as long as they feel safe. It makes you realize how extremely easy it would be in an age without the internet or other quick information sharing for people to become victims of Fear through emotions.

   Comment by Matt Gonzalez — 5:11 pm
   

2. If history is correct (I had to put that qualifier in because the progressives aren’t through rewriting it yet) there was a German in the 1930’s that convinced his people to swallow a big lie via utilizing their emotions.

   All politiicians play on peoples emotions to a certain extent… however, when you trot out a shining example of someone who represents the case in point, it would be smart to know they are not actually JP Getty in dirty clothes.

   Comment by Old Soldier — 6:05 pm
   

3. If only the Republicians could get their party in order and provide a real good product for people to buy. it sure would feel real great if we could vote FOR someone instead of AGAINST a person or a party.

   Comment by AL — 7:42 pm
   

4. I went to the Baltimore Sun’s site yesterday, and the article talking about the Frosts had comments afterwards. I gave up trying to reason with those moonbats when all they came back with is “You conservatives want the Frosts’ brain-damaged child to die.” No sense wasting time with logic when emotion will do the trick, right?

   Comment by crushliberalism — 6:26 am
   

5. As the 2008 election draws ever nearer, we see the perverse parade of vicitms. This allows the Democrat’s one great underlying philosophy to become painfully evident. “Create a culture of victims and enabled individuials who must rely upon us for their total welfare.”

   Emotional appeals when formulating public policy are a great way to provide cover and a thick smoke screen for those bent upon creating socialist-based government. If you object to their philosophy, like the global warming groups, you are an uncaring and vile person. How dare you not protect the earth, children, the poor, the elderly, the disabled…..et al.

   By interjecting emotion into the public venue, the liberals on the left prevent substantive discussion regarding important public policy issues. They attempt to silence those with facts and figures that may undermine their, the liberals, intended purpose. That purpose being to court and influence public opinion, rather than engaging in fact-based policy formulation.

   Unfortunately the American Public are, to a certain extend, unwilling/unknowledgile participants in this “Great Enabling of America.”

   Comment by Concerned Republican — 12:06 pm
   

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