Reform on Reform

If the Democrats want to persuade the public on reform projects, they need to get a word other than REFORM. Reform sounds like a political word. We're all tired of the same old politics. Everyday people want this country to improve. They don't care about rock star politicians or media personalities. They care about their families, their futures, and keeping their lights on.

These same people who want improvements, that are set forth in political packages with the word "reform" on them, feel tricked by the political game. I don't know when exactly the word "reform" took a bad name, but with Health Insurance premiums on the rise, the banks sucker punching America for all she's worth, oil spewing everywhere with no end in sight, and a heated immigration ruling in Arizona - people still don't want reform... but they want things to get better.

The Democrats are absolutely miserable at naming things. They rank right above the no-talent celebrities that name their kids Audio Science, Coco, and Apple.

Speaking of Apple, last week Bill Maher suggested that Steve Jobs should take over the country in order to get things done. Echoing that sentiment, why don't the Democrats come out with something titled "Securing America's Southern Border 3G" or "Main Street Before Wall Street 2.0?" People don't even read whatever updates pop up on their computers - they just install them. But if your iTunes screen asked 'do you want to install the latest reform for free downloads and a lollipop', users would rip their computers from the desk and slam them against the wall.

The Republicans are a party of no ideas at all, ever. They still get things done because they know how to use language to cast doubt. Democrats do that to themselves and their own ideas. If Republicans wanted to wage war on Apple they'd pull up a picture of the logo and say Steve Jobs is the devil. See this apple, this is the apple from the Garden of Eden. The same apple that has cast sin on mankind for eternity. That's the bite mark right there. Mr. Jobs is tempting you to eat more of the apple when you buy his product and wants to end Christianity as we know it and turn this country into a 3G network of anarchy and devil worship. And then two weeks later you'd find the same Republican having gay cyber sex with an alter boy using the iPad.

But I digress.

The Democrats just need to drop the word reform, call in the Frank Luntz equivalent for their side, and roll out some new titles. And if that doesn't work... then yeah, call Steve Jobs.

The Hypocratic Oath

Last week Erick Erickson, a fan of the red state, said on his radio show "he'd pull his wife's shotgun" if a census worker came to his door for not returning his census.

Press Secretary Gibbs responded to a question about Erickson's comments saying they were "remarkably crazy."

What is remarkably crazy about it... is the remarkable hypocrisy.

Whether Erickson likes it or not he's an influential character for the Tea Party.

He's fueling the fire for the tea-baggers, most of them unemployed, who are angry about taxes and lack of jobs. He's setting an example to not return their census, a government project that could add as many as 700,000 jobs.

Down the road, when they complain their voices aren't being heard, are they going to be mad at Gibbs when he says, "They didn't fill out a census. We can't hear their voices because we don't know who they are."

I'm sure they won't like that or understand it either.

After all, they are a group of people mad about taxes, named after a tax revolt, that when surveyed only two percent of them understood that under Obama their taxes actually went down. For a group so heavily invested in taxation, they don't understand much about it.

But keep talking Erick, you're going to talk your way right off your new gig and add supporters to the Democratic side.