Posted by
Grampus on Friday, October 27, 2006 3:16:34 PM
Democrats continue to use the victimization strategy as a means of diverting attention from a real issue and sway voter opinion against anyone questioning the motives of the so-called victim. Yesterday, I had an opportunity to witness first-hand how effectively the strategy works. While having lunch at a local restaurant, I overheard the conversation going on at the table next to me between two men and the opening remark was , “Can you believe Rush Limbaugh attacked that poor guy with Parkinson’s disease?” In the interest of brevity, I will not recount the entire conversation, but before long…there were a total of five people including one of the waitresses whom I know personally, were engaged in a conversation about how cruel it is to attack someone with an awful disease. Never was the issue of stem cell research mentioned as the reason for the Limbaugh comments.
I knew the waitress and one of the other conversationalists and I could take it no longer. Knowing their position already, I asked them if they now supported abortion. Three of them vehemently said no. So, I asked, “Well perhaps you should check your facts and realize that Michael J. Fox was asking for federal funding for a program that kills embryos…? I went on to explain the difference in adult stem cell research and what Fox is supporting…embryonic stem cell research…and his motive for doing so is political support of a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate.
I have no idea if what I said made a whit of a difference, however, I left with a fuller understanding of the victimization strategy that Democrats use that is based entirely on disingenuous, obfuscation of an issue and how very important it is that Republicans get a counter-point out to the voters when it is used.
Grampus