The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

scaeagles · 09-08-2009, 10:35 AM

I am saying just that...sort of. I think i understand what I didn't explain well. Let's look at one aspect, being the "death panels".

All hypothetical, please understand. I am not saying that they did this.

The Obama admin knows there are problems with budget overruns and deficits, and knowing that the federal deficit is already projected at 1.6 trillion this year, they can't have this discussed in relation to the health care plans. So to distract, they start a rumor that there are death panels and old people will be denied scarce treatment resources because they have nothing left to offer society. They have some operatives spread this anonymously, gullible people pick up on it, and it becomes the point of discussion rather than the legitimate budgetary concerns. They perhaps do this with several different points.

What happens then is two fold. The loudness over the death panels, etc, drowns out the concerns over cost. Since theses ares the loudest points of protestation, and the shouters can be called kooks, it then becomes relatively easy to label all who don't want this as kooks.

I think what I didn't make clear is that the strategy involves anonymity in who starts the rumors. It could not be Obama or a representative getting up and saying "we have death panels". They have to maintain their distance from that so that they can then say those who object are kooks.

09-08-2009, 10:35 AM	#11
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I am saying just that...sort of. I think i understand what I didn't explain well. Let's look at one aspect, being the "death panels". All hypothetical, please understand. I am not saying that they did this. The Obama admin knows there are problems with budget overruns and deficits, and knowing that the federal deficit is already projected at 1.6 trillion this year, they can't have this discussed in relation to the health care plans. So to distract, they start a rumor that there are death panels and old people will be denied scarce treatment resources because they have nothing left to offer society. They have some operatives spread this anonymously, gullible people pick up on it, and it becomes the point of discussion rather than the legitimate budgetary concerns. They perhaps do this with several different points. What happens then is two fold. The loudness over the death panels, etc, drowns out the concerns over cost. Since theses ares the loudest points of protestation, and the shouters can be called kooks, it then becomes relatively easy to label all who don't want this as kooks. I think what I didn't make clear is that the strategy involves anonymity in who starts the rumors. It could not be Obama or a representative getting up and saying "we have death panels". They have to maintain their distance from that so that they can then say those who object are kooks.
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