To: American Spirit who wrote (389797 ) 4/10/2003 9:30:03 PM From: Bob Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670 Crap Minister: I've always found your posts amusing when they're transformed: Th' GOP is th' party of decepshun, divahshun, disinfo'mashun, special interests an' dirty tricks, no doubt. Th' War In Iraq itse'f is a majo' divahshun, fo' th' beenfit of special interests. But th' GOP spin brigade is turnin' it into a great se'f-defense vicko'y, though eff'n yer objeckive yo' hafta wonner whut we had t'fear fum Saddam besides an ongwine haidache. Both parties is capable of dirty tricks in politics, but th' GOP haf been th' experts, evah on account o' (in mah memo'y) th' Nixon era. At thet time they were caught red-han'ed, cuss it all t' tarnation. But jest a few years later they were back at it agin. It is part an' parcel of their campaigns fo' power. Probably on account o' they haf allus been a mino'ity party they feel they HAVE t'fight dirty t'win, as enny fool kin plainly see. Nixon had a dirty tricks squad an' now they all does. Remember Lee Atwater? An' now we haf th' neocon media loud-mouths. Yo' literally kinnot turn on yer radio wifout hearin' them cornstantly attackin' sumpin mahthical foes on th' far lef', o' th' middle po'trayin' them as far lef'. "Liberal" is their favo'ite dirty wo'd, cuss it all t' tarnation. "Ruthless" is th' wo'd thet comes t'mind, cuss it all t' tarnation. But also intenshunally dishoness wif no shame. They will promise, attack, does an' say an' make happen ennythin' they reckon up which might he'p them an' destroy their opponents, an' they will not stop at th' bedroom dore no' ennyplace else. They will even make up sto'ies, complete fickshun. At th' same time, they is experts at covah-up t'proteck their own butts. Look at how th' Enron an' inergy scan'als sto'y has been buried fo' instance. An' th' flo'ida voter rolol purge. Amazin' how they kin frighten off th' media o' lead them astray. Thet's whuffo' enny "liberal media" lef' is purdy much emasculated, cuss it all t' tarnation. Whar is all th' muckrakin' repo'ters? They is a rare breed these days. Part of their success in covah-up is by usin' pre-emtive blame game attacks. Whenevah they reckanize Bush is weak o' vulnerable, they eemeejutly attack t'other side fo' doin' sumpin similar, even eff'n it's not as bad o' 40 years ago. Usin' th' Limbaugh an' Hannity types t'spread false o' exaggerated negative sto'ies about Democrats. Fo' instance, look how menny right-wingers on these threads post about Democrats takin' money fum Enron, as enny fool kin plainly see. Or Billy Bob "KKK" Byrd t'git Trent Lott an' th' mainly white male GOP off th' hook. Shet mah mouth! It's th' stove callin' th' kettle black tackic. An' they say it much louder an' menny mo'e times so th' percepshun is created thet th' parties is somehow equal in their guilt. Amazin'. But Democrats is po'trayed as allus 100% guilty fo' ennythin' an' ev'rythin'. They even blame th' Bush economah on Clinton, as enny fool kin plainly see. Constantly. As eff'n thet argoomnt ca'd evah hold water. But say it inough times an' varmints reckon mebbe they're right. Bush don't even need t'he'p th' economah. He's immune fum all domestic failures so long as he beats up third wo'ld countries. Agin amazin'. Thet is whuffo' ah's fo' attackin' Bush mighty-mighty aggressively gwine into 2004. In 2000 an' 2002 he got away wif a lot. Cain't let it happen three times in a row. Wars o' no wars. An' th' only way yo' kin beat a bully is t'hit him in th' eye wif fine-aimed shots.