It's the RECESSION, Stupid! (tm)

Watching the New Hampshire debates on a Saturday night isn'€™t really my idea of a good time. But I did watch them as my duty as an American. Here's€™ my take on the debate. If you have the patience to read through it, I'€™ll give the BIG IDEA one of the candidates, from either party, can use to win the election. political election humor blog
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES SEEMED OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE AVERAGE AMERICAN.

Facebook took a poll during the debate and its members voted Economy as the #1 issue. Half of the Republican candidates didn'€™t even address it during the debate. (I won't name which ones.)

Ron Paul was the most aggressive and intelligent when speaking about the economy. (This is not a show of support for Ron Paul because I'€™m not decided yet.) His concern for the national debt and inflation puts him right on the money.

McCain and Giuliani did well on the illegal immigration issue, with solid plans to tighten up borders and deal humanely with the 12 million illegal aliens. It's very difficult to ship out 12 million people, and how do you justify ripping families apart? I like their ideas to integrate them into our culture and requiring them to learn and speak English. I think that moving forward, if you cross our borders illegally, we shoot your ass.

Fred Thompson was very well spoken and smart. His acting skills came in handy. Mike Huckabee did very well on healthcare. I was impressed with his focus on preventative medicine. Romney was the loser. It seemed everyone ganged up on him, but he was impressively calm. 

The Democratic candidates were definitely more in touch with the average American. Edwards was the most passionate of

ALL of the candidates. He took a page out of Ross Perot'€™s playbook in regards to lobbyists in D.C. and changing the status quo. Obama was subdued at first but came on strong later. Clinton was stiff at first then came back with smiles. Bill Richardson? He was good. He's got nothing to lose. Hillary Clinton was the only one who nailed what average American feels.

DA, DA, DA. CLINTON USED THAT SCARY WORD "RECESSION"

The former lady, showing her experience, gave a warning to America: Recession is coming. Hillary put out some very cool ideas of how to get us out of the recession. Some of those same ideas I wrote about in Vote for Green.

Now, I'€™m not promoting the Democrats, Hillary Clinton or Edwards. I'm still undecided. I guess I'm waiting for Putin to step onto the stage. There''s still room for improvement.

Da, da, da! Maybe Putin will decide to run after all.

While Obama has made "€œchange"€ his mantra, and McCain made fun of Romney for claiming to be "the change agent" after losing in the Iowa primaries, there is a much better position than the overused word "€œchange."€

As, I've stated in one of the recent blogs, Change to Putin and Perot, President Bill Clinton was the master of the word "change." 

Perhaps, Hillary Clinton should learn something from her husband's campaign.

In order to keep his people focused during the Bill Clinton campaign, Clinton strategist, James Carville, hung a sign in Bill Clinton'€™s Little Rock headquarters with the following three points:

1. Change vs. more of the same.
2. It'€™s the economy, stupid.
3. Don€'t forget health care.

Early in the Bush vs. Clinton race, Bush was considered by political experts to be unbeatable because of foreign policy developments such as the Cold War and the Persian Gulf War. Bill Clinton didn'€™t have a prayer, until the famous phrase.

The phrase that struck the chord with the American voter was not the "€œchange€" phrase but "œIt'€™s the economy, stupid.€

This simple, little sentence made Clinton a better choice because Bush hadn'€™t adequately addressed the economy, which was undergoing a RECESSION at the time.

The Clinton campaign used the recession to successfully unseat George H.W. Bush, whose approval ratings had been in the 80% range one year prior.

The recession is coming, as I've discussed in Vote for Economy. To all political candidates - stop using the word "Change."€ When the economy hits recession in a few months, American voters won'€™t give a shit about change. They'€™re going to worry about their wallet.

If I was a candidate, I'd take a play out of the Bill Clinton political playbook and modify his phrase It's the Economy, Stupid to It's the Recession, Stupid! ^TM

 

I ran the idea by some of the pigs in Iowa, Let the Pigs Vote, Too, and they grunted like hell. It was a very good sign.

IT'S THE RECESSION, STUPID! will be the key phrase for Campaign 2008.

What would Putin do? Would he use the recession phrase? Humor me.

Da, da, da... It'€™s the Recession, Stupid. ^TM

-- Huck Finn

"Smart-Ass Politics for Smart People.” ^TM

HuckFinn@PutinforPresident.com

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