I haven't been as active here lately, but I've spent considerable time (too much, really) on Huffington Post supporting Obama in the intense political battles of their messaging boards. I don't have to tell you there's a lot of opposition out there. A lot of garbage gets tossed out on those boards, and it can be tough to deal with sometimes.
But Democratic leaders like Joe Andrew just want this election to start to make sense. We want to get serious about the problems we're facing in this country, and we're tired of all the games. To that end, I did a little Googling for the Karl Rove Playbook, to gather some insight into the minds of these people and better understand how they operate. What I found was this very interesting academic paper in the Media Literacy section of the web site for Webster University. The paper was written by Dr. Art Silverblatt, a professor of Communications and Journalism at Webster, along with Jane Squier Bruns, a long-time Washington media consultant, and Gina Jensen, a professor of Oral Communications, also at Webster.
The paper is titled "Deciphering Karl Rove's Playbook: Campaign Tactics and Response Strategies". I'm reading it now, and I'll write another blog posting when I'm finished, but I've scanned enough of it to see this is pretty useful information. We don't want to stoop to using the Rovian playbook, but I think knowledge of these tactics is very powerful, and will help us to quickly negate many of the underhanded verbal or tactical maneuvers that we've been seeing.
I hope you'll take a look at this, and let me know what you've found on this topic. I'm excited about the prospect of being able to quickly turn the tables on their sophomoric mind games, and I hope many of you add to this repository of counterweights to the legacy of Bush's Brain.
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