Case in point: NSA Warrantless Wiretapping. The GOP lies its ass off, and the Dems play a gentleman's game and fall right into the trap.
Democrats are allowing the general public to believe that we think it's wrong to wiretap terrorists. This is ridiculous, and this issue is going to kill us at the polls unless we do something about it.
The usual conversation goes something like this:
GOP:We need to wiretap terrorists to protect America!
Dems:But Bush's wiretapping is an illegal invasion of privacy!
Gee, let me guess which argument the American people are going to agree with?? The one that makes them feel safer--the one that makes them sleep better at night. The one that they trust. The Republican argument.
In fact, most Americans find the so-called Progressive argument here pathetic--and rightly so.