Crazy Like a Fox

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The author of Making the Case for Yourself and director of Michael Dukakis’ 1988 presidential campaign proves her political expertise once again with a bit of sarcastic advice to her fellow Democrats.

Susan Estrich’s sure-fire plan for political victory:

1) Don’t talk about impeaching the president. Yes, he lied to the American people, leading us into a rapidly escalating war that causes daily loss of human life, while he simultaneously violates any possible civil liberties those same people may have had – all while he and his allies reap massive, corrupt profits. But he hasn't gotten a single blowjob, not even from an intern.

2) Don’t differentiate yourself from your opponents. Stay as middle-of-the-road as possible. Got an edge with the voters with a certain topic – gay marriage, perhaps? For God’s sake, run away! Remind people this is a one party country. The Republicans and Democrats can – and should – get along. So what if Republicans won two consecutive presidential campaigns with this very strategy? Flukes! One-time heppenings, the both of them. And Lieberman, too, that was a fluke.

3) Only advertise where your constituency is already. Yes, there is the off chance you could reach an unsure voter on a particular subject (though not gay marriage!) and possibly increase said constituency, but that’s completely outweighed by the possibility you could offend a member of the opposing party. Keep it in the family.

Such wonderful advice for Democrats… on FoxNews?! Are they crazy?! I mean, they’re sorta’ right-wing, aren’t they? Perhaps they see the tide turning. After, like, a decade of lies and misrepresentation on behalf of the Republican party, they’ve switched sides and they genuinely think this is sound logic. It could happen.

Right?