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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (380903)	3/28/2003 12:53:26 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 769670

John Kerry "a frozen piece of fish" - "His press clippings record 18 years of journalistic wisecracks about his ego, his looks, and his self-promotion. The word 'aloof' comes up constantly--51 times in the same sentence as Kerry's name, according to a Nexis search. 'He is widely derided as aloof and arrogant,' The Boston Globe has said. 'Kerry . . . has been called brooding and aloof,' informed USA Today in 1996. 'Some critics call him aloof. One political observer characterizes him as "a frozen piece of fish,"' CNN snickered that same year. . . ."

To: American Spirit who wrote (380903)	3/28/2003 12:54:33 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

I have listened.....JOHN LIVESHOT KERRY ? TEDDY CHAPPY KENNEDY...one and the same.....KENNEDY made sure of it, years ago....

To: American Spirit who wrote (380903)	3/28/2003 12:56:45 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

AS, re: Why do you post the RNC BS on Kerry here? Enough of the partisan propaganda. Get the facts not the disinformation, not the lame attempts at mud-slinging. Kerry's voting record is fact. Kerry's voting record is not RNC BS. Kerry running away from his record is easy to understand; he can't win running on it. I understand the old and new and the real Kerry completely. Steve

To: American Spirit who wrote (380903)	3/28/2003 1:05:33 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

Peacenik's War By Michael P. Tremoglie FrontPageMagazine.com \| March 28, 2003 In 1992 an organization with the curious German-Spanish name of Amigos de Aufheben (Friends of Annihilation and Transformation), wrote what is basically a primer for the so-called peaceniks. This tome titled, “Lessons from the Struggle Against the [first] Gulf War” [1] lists policies and procedures to be implemented in the event of military action in Iraq. Everything they describe and recommend is being said or done by International ANSWER, Not In Our Name, and Direct Action to Stop War These procedures and policies are: Anti-War Strategy The experience of our class has shown us how capitalist wars can be effectively opposed. For the sake of analytical clarity this opposition may be divided into three separate strategies which are in reality particular yet inter-related aspects of the overall struggle. These may be roughly defined as: i) undermining support for the war by stressing the class antagonisms involved; ii) actively sabotaging the state's ability to conduct a war and; iii) precipitating a crisis 'at home.' In order to successfully oppose the war it was crucial that the anti-war movement stress that the war was to be fought for the interests of the capitalist class alone, and to decisively situate itself in opposition to those interests. This could be done through the usual means of propaganda such as leaflets, banners, graffiti, fly-posting, public meetings, and through high profile actions. Not only is this essential for building an opposition at home that knows why it opposes the war and can thus formulate tactics such as strikes and civil disorder, which reflect the class basis of that opposition, but also it is also essential to encourage 'disloyalty' amongst those troops expected to fight. Historical examples abound of desertions and mutinies making it impossible for rival capitalist interests to compete by means of war, not least in Vietnam where US troops were often more inclined to kill their officers than the supposed enemy. And there is evidence to indicate that a concerted refusal to fight in the Gulf War was not an impossibility. Even without the social unrest 'back home' that formed the backdrop to resistance in Vietnam, many troops refused to go to the Gulf, including at least 23 of the US's elite force, The Marines, who are currently in jail for desertion. In August of 1990 a live TV show debating the Gulf crisis was disrupted by anti-war protesters with a banner reading: "There's always German money in weapons when there's any slaughter in the world." And on January 21st 1991, anti-war protesters attempted to make clear in whose interest the war was being fought by blockading the entrance to the Frankfurt stock exchange and pelting the dealers with eggs and paint bombs. In Germany frequent attempts were made to blockade military depots and barracks in order to disrupt the mobilisation for the war. Transport command supplies were also blocked, holding up the movement of the raw materials for the military bases of the British and American troops stationed in Munster, Bremerhaven, Frankfurt, Berlin and elsewhere. The tactic of disrupting the transportation of military supplies was also used in France on several occasions, and in Holland, where trains supplying troops in Germany were persistently sabotaged, derailed, and blockaded. No War But The Class War NWBTCW was a loose collection of revolutionaries who came together in opposition to the Gulf War. As they clearly pointed out in their leaflets, their opposition to the war was firmly rooted in a class-analysis rather than some form of moralistic liberalism."We won't pay for the bosses war" was the headline on a leaflet distributed during the prelude to the war. "As in all bosses' wars, it's us who will be told to kill each other and die in the battlefields while those with most to gain from the war sit at home and count their profits " it continued. As well as providing the cannon fodder, "those of us not in the front line will have to pay in other ways..........it's us who will be told to tighten our belts and put up with cuts in jobs and wages." This "policy manual" is revealing for many reasons. First, it describes in detail many of the propaganda philosophies of the "peace" groups leaders. Second, it provides some operational detail. Finally, and I believe most significantly, it reveals dissatisfaction with pacifists. One paragraph states, "Here in Brighton we belatedly began to take action to sabotage the war effort. The local Committee to Stop the War in the Gulf, dominated by pacifists and supported by the SWP, had reduced anti-war resistance to "peace vigils", standing peacefully and if possible silently around a statue in the middle of town. Not surprisingly this inspired no one and went unnoticed by everyone. What was written by Amigos de Aufheben is exactly what is happening now by the groups that blocked traffic in New York, Washington , Philadelphia, and San Francisco, evidence that these are premeditated acts by complex organizations. Endnotes: 1. sf.indymedia.org

To: American Spirit who wrote (380903)	3/28/2003 1:32:15 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 769670

More On John Kerry - "He's criticized as a Preening Show Horse who's not very good at the messy business of legislation. Kerry has "a degree of personal manifest destiny and self-love rare even among politicians." Sound familiar? Granted, Kerry is a Massachusetts liberal. Kerry even married rich, Kerry was also born to privilege, but not as much privilege as the Heinzes, his second wife's family.) What may hurt Kerry most is not his blue blood but his reputation as a relentless opportunist, especially the deadly anecdotes about him filming himself in combat during Vietnam and throwing other veterans' medals onto the Capitol steps during a protest against the Vietnam War."

To: American Spirit who wrote (380903)	3/28/2003 1:37:37 PM
From: jim-thompson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The other side-- the good guys>> Passing the Gipper's baton President Bush has finally outdone Ronald Reagan. In less time than it took the Gipper, W has rebuilt the GOP in his own image. The Republican Party, says Myra Miller, research director of the Winston Group, is in the final transition from "the party of Reagan to the party of Bush." She says the Bush "brand" of compassionate Republicanism is even creating Bush Democrats--women, independents, and Catholics. More proof the baton has passed: Reagan never succeeded in translating his popularity to local elections. Bush did in 2002, nationalizing his agenda in an aggressive campaign despite advice to stay home. In an analysis done for Whispers, the Winston Group, favored by congressional Republicans, calls Bush "the most effective grass-roots [GOP] president . . . ever." Miller says Bush's dominance isn't all 9/11 related; he has captured Democratic issues like education, building trust along the way. "Add the war and an economic recovery," says one glum Democrat, "and it's over until 2008." usnews.com