Larry Beinhart: Say it Loud, Say it Often, "Republicans are Bad on National Security"

The Republicans have started their 2006 campaign by building fear of terrorism yet again. If you saw Ken Mehlman or Dick Cheney on the Sunday talk shows, you'd have run for the duct tape & plastic sheeting closet.

But it's all so senseless. The GOP have already proven they can't protect Americans and they can't fix us if we are attacked. And yet, I have no faith in Americans' ability to see through the smokescreen. Karl Rove's strategies seem to have produced a Pavlovian response among the electorate: I am afraid. I must vote Republican.

Democrats look like weenies when they try to undermine the logic of the first half of the equation. They should instead work on the second half: voting Republican will not ease your fears.

And that's why I like Larry Beinhart's piece on Huffpo.
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