CentralLieOf2014Elections <– PDF version
Happy New Year, 2014. This marks the beginning of the 2014 Congressional election cycle, ready or not. At stake is control of the House (currently controlled by the Republicans) and the Senate (currently controlled by the Democrats). Since the Democrats have more vulnerable Senate seats in play, and require only a small number of victories to take control of the House, it is important for the Democrats to capitalize on their successes to expand their power base. Unfortunately, they do not have any successes. Therefore, it will be important to turn their most important fiasco, namely, the roll-out and implementation of Obama “I Lied, Period” Care into a net positive. To do so, the Democratic Party Central Lie must be repeated early and often (the same way dead people vote in Chicago). The Democratic Party Central Lie this election year may be:
“Because of the interference of the evil Republicans, the Messiah/President has found it necessary in the public interest to make adjustments in the Affordable Care Act, which has resulted in its having been effectively repealed. Therefore it is necessary to elect Democrats to large majorities in both the House and Senate so that the principle of free health care for all can be re-established without the undermining activity of the evil Republicans.”
It is possible that the talking-point narrative from the Democratic Party hacks, reinforced through constant repetition by the adoring sycophants at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, PBS, and The New York Times, may be something like “More Democrats must be elected because….
a. The initial difficulties with the health care exchange website were due to PATRIOT ACT restrictions imposed by the Republicans, which prevented the rollout from going as smoothly as planned.”
b. The exemptions given to certain Democratic political groups were necessary in order to prevent the Republicans from taxing health care benefits of families whose main breadwinner are Union members.”
c. The delay in the employer mandate was necessary because the Republican-driven government shutdown and sequestration prevented the economy from growing fast enough to allow employers to expand their businesses and provide free health care.”
d. Over 350 million Americans have been provided with free health care already under the Affordable Care Act, but more needs to be done for minorities to counter the racist faction of the Republican Party.”
The Republicans are not politically clever enough to formulate a Central Lie of their own (and no one would broadcast it anyway). It is better that way. If the Republicans did attempt a Central Lie, they would inadvertently tell the truth about something and shock the entire political system.
