Triangulatin’90s style
by digby
New Clinton administration memos have been released, these featuring the sage advice of Rahm Emmanuel, urging the president to get tough on immigration and crime so they could take it off the table as GOP issues. Here’s one, featuring their beloved strategy of triangulating against the left and right on crime:
Reagan used to appropriate liberal rhetoric and use it for conservative ends. Clinton and Emmanuel, however, appropriated conservative rhetoric and also used it for conservative ends. Worked great.
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