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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: jlallen who wrote (25504)3/18/2004 11:28:58 AM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
Didn't Cheney do a great performance in the Log Cabin Republican commercial? I thought he was great.

jttmab



To: jlallen who wrote (25504)3/18/2004 11:34:30 AM
From: jttmab  Respond to of 93284
 
I wonder if this was paid for out of the Homeland Security Budget....

US government faked Bush news reports

Chris Tryhorn
Tuesday March 16, 2004

TV news reports in America that showed President George Bush getting a standing ovation from potential voters have been exposed as fake, it has emerged.
The US government admitted it paid actors to pose as journalists in video news releases sent to TV stations intending to convey support for new laws about health benefits.

Investigators are examining the film segments, in which actors pretending to be journalists praise the benefits of the new law passed last year by President Bush, to see if they could be construed as propaganda.

Two of the films are signed off by "Karen Ryan", who was an actor hired to read a script prepared by the government, according to production company Home Front Communications.

Another video, intended for Hispanic viewers, shows a government official being interviewed in Spanish by a actor posing as a reporter with the name "Alberto Garcia".

One segment shows a pharmacist telling an elderly customer the new law "helps you better afford your medications". ....

guardian.co.uk



To: jlallen who wrote (25504)3/18/2004 11:38:11 AM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
Speaking of catering to the Hispanic vote....

Have you picked up your illegal yet in preparation of the "Temporary Worker Program"...can't see any reason why they couldn't do a title search.

jttmab