Well, yes we should fight fire with fire. Karl Rove says things like “If Al Qaeda is calling someone in America, it is in our national security interest to know who they are calling and why. Some important democrats clearly disagree. “ in response to Democrats who question the NSA illegal eavesdropping. And more recently, in response to Feingold’s motion to censure the President for his authorization of NSA eavesdropping, Frist said “Senator Feingold's time would be better spent putting forth constructive ideas rather than using cheap political tricks that compromise America's national security by sending a dangerous signal of disunity around the globe.“
The democrats have to begin to frame their criticism of Republicans more aggressively. Its not enough to support the President with the Patriot Act and such, message matters. They should turn national security in their favor, for instance: “why hasn’t the govt. trained more intelligence officers in Arabic languages since 2001. Our national security depends on having more properly trained linguists than we have now” I think Liberman has the “tough” approach. Though, I disagree strongly with his militaristic stance on Iraq.
The democrats have to begin to frame their criticism of Republicans more aggressively. Its not enough to support the President with the Patriot Act and such, message matters. They should turn national security in their favor, for instance: “why hasn’t the govt. trained more intelligence officers in Arabic languages since 2001. Our national security depends on having more properly trained linguists than we have now” I think Liberman has the “tough” approach. Though, I disagree strongly with his militaristic stance on Iraq.
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