Two interesting clips from Rachel Maddow’s show last week on talking about government.
From an attack ad by Republican Sue Lowden, who’s trying to unseat Harry Reid:
Harry Reid‘s big government health care plan will raise taxes, put a bureaucrat between you and your doctor, weaken Medicare, kill jobs, push us further into debt. I‘m Sue Lowden and I approved this message, because government-run health care is wrong.
Plenty of politicians contradict themselves. And Republicans have been able to get away with attacking “big government” in one speech while accusing the Democrats of trying to cut Medicare in another speech. But when you get to the point where your rhetoric is contradicting itself in the same ad, you’re headed for trouble — if the Democrats force the issue.
Meanwhile, when Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter, who’s challenging corporating-luvin’, union-hatin’, public-option-flip-floppin’ Blanche Lincoln, was asked by Rachel Maddow how he’s different from Blanche Lincoln, he showed how smart Dems talk about government:
I’m running for United States Senate to put Washington back on the side of middle-class Arkansas families.
Instead of getting stuck arguing is he for or against more government, Halter puts it back on his opponents — who do you think government should be for or against?
