Framing The GOP is a difficult job nowadays. TomPaine.com presents Peter Blackman's ideas on fighting back the GOP's "framing" of policy, agenda and pr. It is amazing how well the GOP has done to distort truth at its core. They have the ability to take fundamental lies and turn them into truth. In the meantime, the people who swallow the nonsense get hurt the most. It is time to start being assertive, as Blackman elaborates, and call some of these conservative officials, including our favorite Tom DeLay, for what they are - "Reckless, Irresponsible, Extreme, Radical..."

Fighting back is not an unpatriotic action. In fact it seems that it should be our duty. I am not saying all conservatives are bad, as balance is necessary in out political world. I am saying that the ones the lead us into harm's way to satisfy their own needs are the ones that just do not belong there, period. I realize a good half of you out there don't believe me. That's fine. But, without checks and balances, my friends, we are always left holding the bag, no matter what side of the aisle you are on. If we can't keep our own people from destroying our Democratic values, then what do we own?