Copenhagen vs. Afghanistan and Economic Policy

A classic conservative trick is to throw a soft jab, followed by a hard right. Sometimes that combination is reversed, but the desired outcome is to throw the opponent off balance - to lure the opponent into defending an offensive move that does not need defending.

This week the soft jab was outrage over President Obama's trip to Copenhagen. Liberals (and the media) are so easily drawn into this cheap conflict that the real punch took Liberals by surprise - higher unemployment figures and the Afghan military options.

It is so easy to get into cheap arguments that conservatives laugh when we do. When has Obama gone to his ranch to clear brush and drink whiskey, while ignoring policy decisions? Hah. Your "president" is driving us further into debt, pushing socialist healthcare and making us look weak by debating military options.

The easiest way to take conservatives off balance, is to move right when they jab. I learned today that the President met with Gen. McChrystal while in Copenhagen. That was the right move, but it came up short.

People respect down-and-dirty workers not lovely jet-setters. The next time you meet a General, take a short outdoor trip, go fishing and get some photo ops. Work out your differences and make yourself real at the same time.

Presidential To-do List: You need to get yourself outside. Meet the families that need your policies to succeed. Do something that will make your liberal friends cringe (we can deal with it). The people of Maine would love to get you outdoors with a gun. Imagine the horror on the right when you show up with a shotgun in bright flannel, all bought from a local shop. While you're out there, make your military policy clear.

Learn more about US-Afghanistan policy at

http://kabul.usembassy.gov/