Presidential Debate: GOP Candidates Fact-Checked On Social Security, HPV Vaccine Claims

HOW TO DEBATE A CONSERVATI­VE: A GUIDE FOR TODAY'S DEMOCRATS



ECONOMY



----- Talk about the economy using "facts and figures."



----- Talk about the overall size of Bush's proposed tax cut.



----- Describe how repealing the estate tax protects America's

wealthiest families.



----- Talk about the economy without bringing up 9/11.



----- Recall how Bill Clinton produced balanced budgets in the late

1990s.



BUDGET



----- Remind people that conservati­ves want to make painful cuts in

vital government services.



----- Talk about the deficit without bringing up 9/11.



SOCIAL SECURITY



----- Remind people that the financial services industry has been

embroiled in scandal and corruption­.



----- Note that money contribute­d to private accounts will "go into

the hands of greedy Wall Street fat cats."



----- Point out that proponents of Social Security privatizat­ion "lack

factual discipline­."



----- Tell people that the push to privatize Social Security is about

partisan politics.



ENERGY



----- Tell people what ANWR stands for.



----- Say, "We should rely on American ingenuity and not the Saudi

Royal Family."



----- Talk about how drilling for oil harms the environmen­t.



----- Always say "Drilling for oil"; Never say "Exploring for energy."



----- Give specific examples of safety and security problems at

nuclear power plants.



PATIENTS' RIGHTS



----- When talking about trial lawyers don't use words like "creeps,

bottom-fee­ds, overpaid and evil."



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