Quote:President Joe Biden is reportedly set to roll out an interesting messaging strategy against Republicans seeking to win the Republican presidential nomination. According to reports, it will be a more robust version of the president's rhetorical "MAGA Republicans" trope.

You might recall back in the olden days of September 2022 when the president went full Sith Lord in a dark and dreary speech about the pernicious threat MAGA Republicans pose to the country. Before a backdrop resembling something out of the dystopian classic "V for Vendetta," Biden warned the nation about the dangers of electing these evil MAGA Republicans.

The president's strategy will include more of that.

The Biden campaign plans to highlight what it's calling an "extreme MAGA blueprint" by GOP candidates during the first Republican presidential debate, according to a memo first shared with NBC News.

The memo, written by campaign communications director Michael Tyler, lays out five criticisms of the GOP field, including Republicans' views on cutting Social Security and Medicare, lowering taxes for the rich, banning abortion, protecting the gun lobby and undermining democracy, which focuses on election deniers.

"The 2024 Republicans are focusing on litigating the benefits of slavery, which books they want to ban from schools, and a made-up war on 'woke' that they themselves can’t even define," the memo said. "That’s a race for the MAGA base, not a pathway to winning a general election in 2024."

The campaign expects the candidates to try to “out-MAGA each other” on the debate stage Wednesday night in Milwaukee, according to the memo.

President Biden and Democrats have been using the "MAGA Republicans" trope since 2022. It is an effort to cast Republicans as wildly extreme and out of touch with the American public. The outcome of the 2022 midterm elections appears to show that this strategy was at least somewhat effective.

For the 2024 election, the success of this approach will depend largely on the Republican contenders. With the candidates who veer further to the right on hot-button issues like abortion, it might be easier to portray them as radicals. Moreover, Biden and company could use the focus on anti-wokeism as another line of attack by trying to convince the nation that Republicans seek to whitewash America's troubled history with race, while also attacking members of the LGBTQ community.

However, these talking points could backfire if Republicans are savvy enough to highlight the extremism that leftists are pushing when it comes to the woke issues, especially when it comes to saturating K-12 schools with progressive political propaganda. They could take advantage of the national backlash against transing and sexualizing children, a position that Biden will have a hard time defending without resorting to barefaced deception.

On the other side of the coin, relying on portraying Republicans as radical extremists might have already lost its efficacy, especially because Democrats have been so outrageous in their fixation on sexuality and gender identity. Even further, their failure to curb crime due to lax policies against violent offenders will almost certainly be seen as radical to those who favor criminal justice reform, but not the type that endangers citizens.

There is also the possibility that there could be a stronger backlash against the president using this line of attack. After he gave his speech in September, even folks on the left criticized him for demonizing half of the voting base as "MAGA Republicans." It did not exactly go over well with many in both political camps.

At the end of the day, however, it is the economy that will likely be the deciding factor. If the nation continues to go through tough monetary times, no amount of screaming "MAGA Republicans" is going to cut it. If people are still struggling to make ends meet, they might just choose someone who they might perceive as extreme on some issues if it could result in economic relief.

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Its the dreaded Covid mailintorium ballotus strain

We predicted it too.

He doesn't seem to realize that MAGA means Make America Great Again.

Meaning... to clean up the pile of sh!t he's created.

You know you suck as POTUS when you go back to the well for the umpteenth time to talk about MAGA in any form. Deflect, blame, finger point, rinse, repeat.

The undynamic duo...MAGA, MAGA, MAGA!

The President should ask Hillary Clinton about how that "basket of deplorables" comment worked out for her.

Or maybe he shouldn't, so he blows any chance of getting elected.

So how do republicans respond? Cower as usual?

Or maybe say, Not just yes, but hell yes, we want to make America great again, and great for every American citizen, not just the elite few that democrats want to support. And here's how we do that (list specific policies and advantages that they provide, compared to existing).

Republicans have let democrats pervert the meaning of MAGA from something that we should all favor to some kind of bad news. I am sick and tired of republicans standing helpless and powerless. You are the opposition, so oppose. And do so strongly and unafraid.

(08-20-2023 01:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  So how do republicans respond? Cower as usual?

Or maybe say, Not just yes, but hell yes, we want to make America great again, and great for every American citizen, not just the elite few that democrats want to support. And here's how we do that (list specific policies and advantages that they provide, compared to existing).

Republicans have let democrats pervert the meaning of MAGA from something that we should all favor to some kind of bad news. I am sick and tired of republicans standing helpless and powerless. You are the opposition, so oppose. And do so strongly and unafraid.

Preach it, Owl69. Absolutely agree....

I would also address Biden* as "President Peters" or "Brandon" or "Big Guy"at every opportunity - especially debates. I would stick those tags on him constantly.

(08-20-2023 08:54 AM)boss man Wrote:  

(08-20-2023 01:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  So how do republicans respond? Cower as usual?

Or maybe say, Not just yes, but hell yes, we want to make America great again, and great for every American citizen, not just the elite few that democrats want to support. And here's how we do that (list specific policies and advantages that they provide, compared to existing).

Republicans have let democrats pervert the meaning of MAGA from something that we should all favor to some kind of bad news. I am sick and tired of republicans standing helpless and powerless. You are the opposition, so oppose. And do so strongly and unafraid.

Preach it, Owl69. Absolutely agree....

I would also address Biden* as "President Peters" or "Brandon" or "Big Guy"at every opportunity - especially debates. I would stick those tags on him constantly.

the simple fact that too many view MAGA as a negative should tell any sane voter how many stupid/lazy/brainwashed folk are out there…

hence, @>270EVsBlueBakedInn(196) ... (AM)

(08-20-2023 01:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  So how do republicans respond? Cower as usual?

Or maybe say, Not just yes, but hell yes, we want to make America great again, and great for every American citizen, not just the elite few that democrats want to support. And here's how we do that (list specific policies and advantages that they provide, compared to existing).

Republicans have let democrats pervert the meaning of MAGA from something that we should all favor to some kind of bad news. I am sick and tired of republicans standing helpless and powerless. You are the opposition, so oppose. And do so strongly and unafraid.

For most of my lifetime, the GOP has been an abject failure in their communications with potential voters. They can't/don't (with the exception of Newt and the contract) agree on a message of unity, can't seem to express what they are FOR and how it would benefit the country, and too often get sucked into a reactive stance by the democrats, which allows the dems to paint them as a boogy man or mischaracterize their beliefs and future actions. "They're gonna put you all back in chains" or "they want to push grandma off a cliff."

It's bad when a politician goes off the message that the party wants to convey. It's really bad when your candidates don't know the message because the party hasn't agreed on one.

The majority of the artistic, creative types naturally reside with the left but that doesn't mean all. The GOP should make it a priority to cultivate creative communication specialists and make it clear that if a candidate at any level wishes to get financial and other aid from the party then message discipline is a must. It has gotten tougher and may be a near impossible task now because the party is split between the establishment and the MAGA crowd.

(08-20-2023 12:07 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  

(08-20-2023 01:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  So how do republicans respond? Cower as usual?
Or maybe say, Not just yes, but hell yes, we want to make America great again, and great for every American citizen, not just the elite few that democrats want to support. And here's how we do that (list specific policies and advantages that they provide, compared to existing).
Republicans have let democrats pervert the meaning of MAGA from something that we should all favor to some kind of bad news. I am sick and tired of republicans standing helpless and powerless. You are the opposition, so oppose. And do so strongly and unafraid.

For most of my lifetime, the GOP has been an abject failure in their communications with potential voters. They can't/don't (with the exception of Newt and the contract) agree on a message of unity, can't seem to express what they are FOR and how it would benefit the country, and too often get sucked into a reactive stance by the democrats, which allows the dems to paint them as a boogy man or mischaracterize their beliefs and future actions. "They're gonna put you all back in chains" or "they want to push grandma off a cliff."
It's bad when a politician goes off the message that the party wants to convey. It's really bad when your candidates don't know the message because the party hasn't agreed on one.
The majority of the artistic, creative types naturally reside with the left but that doesn't mean all. The GOP should make it a priority to cultivate creative communication specialists and make it clear that if a candidate at any level wishes to get financial and other aid from the party then message discipline is a must. It has gotten tougher and may be a near impossible task now because the party is split between the establishment and the MAGA crowd.

You would think someone somewhere in the party hierarchy would ask, when is the last time we presented a coherent message? Newt’s Contract, of course. And how did we do with that? Stunningly better than in any other election since Reagan—who was himself a coherent message.

(08-20-2023 01:49 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  So how do republicans respond? Cower as usual?

Or maybe say, Not just yes, but hell yes, we want to make America great again, and great for every American citizen, not just the elite few that democrats want to support. And here's how we do that (list specific policies and advantages that they provide, compared to existing).

Republicans have let democrats pervert the meaning of MAGA from something that we should all favor to some kind of bad news. I am sick and tired of republicans standing helpless and powerless. You are the opposition, so oppose. And do so strongly and unafraid.

Republicans are weak and spineless cowards. They will never stand up to the leftists monsters who want them and their families dead.