Don't Call Me Stupid

Suzanne Fields has some good advise for Democrats if they really want to sway opinion and even better the vote - the should not have the attitude "everybody who disagrees with us is dumb".... Here are some snippets:

All kinds of reasons figure into conversions, political and otherwise, but two considerations are paramount in the reasoning of Democrats who became Republicans. Democrats had become soft on defense, and they typically scorn the notions of right and wrong firmly held by the rank and file of the red states - and of a lot of the rank and file in the blue states.

Sneering that George W. is dumb no doubt makes the Democratic elites feel good, but if George W. is dumb, anyone who votes for him is by definition "dumber." An odd tribute to the voters they must persuade. This contempt was perfectly captured in the remark of John Kerry, overheard by a reporter for Newsweek: "I can't believe I'm losing to this idiot."

The corollary of this notion that "everybody who disagrees with us is dumb" is the sneer at anyone who takes religious faith seriously. This category includes a considerable majority of Americans, just those voters the Democrats will have to recruit to win elections again. (Read here)