Tactics for Effective Conservative Blogging by Karl Rove

TACTICS FOR EFFECTIVE CONSERVATIVE BLOGGING
By Karl Rove

Engage
Demand an elaborate, time-consuming comparison / analysis between your position and theirs.

Entangle
Insist that the Liberal put their posts in their own words. That will consume the most time and effort for the Liberal poster. They will be unable to spread numerous points on numerous blogs if you have them occupied. Allowing a Liberal to post a web link is too quick and efficient for them. Tie them up. We are going for delay of game here.

Demoralize
Dismiss their narrative as rubbish immediately. Do not even read it. Once the Liberal goes through the trouble to research, gather, collate, compose and write their narrative your job is to discredit it. Make it obvious you tossed their labor-intensive narrative aside like garbage. This will have the effect of demoralizing the Liberal poster. It will make them unwilling to expend the effort again, and for us, that is a net win.

Attack
Attack the source. Any Liberal website or information source must be marginalized, trivialized and discounted. Let the blogosphere know that Truthout.org, thinkprogress.org,the nation and moveon.org are Liberal rubbish propaganda. Discredit Liberal sources of information whenever possible.

Confuse
Challenge the Liberal position with questions, always questions. The questions need not be relevant. The goal is to knock the Liberal poster off their game, and seize control of the narrative. Once you have control you can direct the narrative to where you want it to go, which is always away from letting the Liberal make their point. Conversely, do not respond to their leading questions. Don't rise to their bait.

Contain
Your job is to prevent the presentation and spread of Liberal viewpoints. Do anything you must do to prevent a Liberal poster from presenting a well-reasoned argument or starting a civil discussion. Don't allow a Liberal to present their dogma unchallenged EVER.

Intimidate
Taunt the Liberals. If you find yourself in a debate with a Liberal where you are losing a fact-based argument then call them a name to derail their diatribe. Remember your goal is to prevent a meaningful exchange of views and ideas which may portray Liberalism in a positive light. Your goal as a conservative blogger is to stop the spread and advance of the Liberal agenda. Play upon any identifiable idiosyncrasies, character flaws, physical traits, names, to their disadvantage . Monitor other posts for vulnerabilities you can exploit. Stay on the offensive with Liberal wimps. Don't let up.

Insult Their Movement
Assign as many character and moral flaws to Liberals as you can. You must portray Liberals as weak, vacillating, indecisive, amoral, baby killers, unpatriotic, effete snobs, elitists, Leftists, Commies, sense of entitlement, promiscuous, union lovers, tax raisers, Welfare Queens, Socialists, lazy, sex-obsessed, druggies, Jesus haters, moochers, troop hater,.etc. Always use these negative epithets when referring to, or describing Liberals / democrats.

Deceive
Identify yourself as a moderate, centrist or independent. It will also cause Liberals to lower their guard a bit, which gives you an effective opening. This may also have the effect of aligning conservative viewpoints with the real moderates we are attempting to reach. It may serve to influence some moderates over to the Republican side.

Patriotism
Always claim the high ground of pro-military, low taxes, strong defense, morality and religion. We own those virtues. Learn how to exploit them when debating.

Demean
Always refer to the other side as Liberals, Lefty Liberals, Libbies. Never assign them the status of a bona-fide political party. Hang Liberalism around their neck like a burning tire. Make Liberalism appear as a moral turpitude or a character flaw. They are NEVER, NEVER to be referred to as the Democratic Party. At best it is the democrat party. Never assign them respect.

Opportunity
Be alert for ways to insert our catch phrases into your narrative. You will receive your daily list of talking points and topics that we want you to cover. Consistent, persistent repetition and inculcation will drive our talking points home and so will neuro-linguistic programming. Stick with it and our talking points will become truth. If they debunk your talking point, ignore it, and move on as if you didn't hear it.

 

where did you get this from

 

Very sneaky indeed.

 

WHy??

Those are the tactics of someone who has a totally bankrupt argument.

My momma told me many moons ago that a lie needs to be propped up with more lies, but the truth stands alone.

All that garbage in the OP are techniques used by someone who doesn't really have facts or the truth on their side.

Like when a defense attorney is defending someone everyone knows has a history as a violent criminal.

It's really a dangerous precedent when one of the two major political parties in this country believes that overt lies and deception are a necessary part of political discourse.

BTW these communication strategies are nearly the same ones used in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union(and in Russia currently for that matter.)

Karl Rove or whoever ever wrote these tactics is providing the blueprint for maintaining political control in a fascist/totalitarian state.

 

And I would also add the USA corporate media as well.

 

im still waiting on an answer to my question.....see the first post.

 

The real question is are the points accurate or not

 

hey jackass.....i was supporting what you said and if you read (you are a conservative so im sure thats difficult for you)....you would have saw that was the first thing i asked in this thread.

 

true....true....but where did you get this?

 

blame yourself for that and now go cry me a river.

 

Deceive
Identify yourself as a moderate, centrist or independent.

 

lol

 

There's also no proof that he didn't.

 

where did you get this from?

 

Not the same thing as what was posted here but something pretty much similar. What's posted here is a more broader version in some regards of the Bush campaign tactics & strategies.



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/08/1141830/-Karl-Rove-s-Handbook

 

I thought karl Rove was going to have a a mental breakdown of some sort on the night of 11/04/12