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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: geode00 who wrote (23097)	9/14/2004 6:04:01 AM
From: Cynic 2005	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Eloquent, succinct and powerfully written. I don’t think you are going to change the opinions of one Bush crony with reason. I for one won’t even try. But, I've done my venting a couple of days ago. The truth about the negativity surrounding this campaign is that there are strong reasons to dislike Bush for what he has done or not done in the last four years than in his previous life. Some of the ignorant are brainwashed to the point that they passionately hate Kerry for no good reason. As you said, it is the power of propaganda. A majority of these ignorant are boneheaded in their beliefs (I have one in the family) that even if they are shown a video of Bush in his true colors, they will not believe it. Not only that, they will think that democrats have doctored it with look a likes or make believes. The only make believe is the phony Bush. Remember the jump suit he wore and landed on the aircraft carrier proclaiming that mission accomplished? Not only that is a cheap stunt but think about it for a second: how many democratically elected leaders put the military uniform and a show like that? I haven't seen any in my life time or know of many before I was born. But I have seen the following wearing a military uniform and tried to impress masses with a few military drills. Col. Gaddafi (sp) (Libya) – Military Dictator, not elected Gen. Yahya Khan (Pakistan) – Military Dictator, not elected Gen Gia (Pakistan) – Military Dictator, not elected Gen. Musharaff (Pakistan) – Military Dictator, not elected Saddam Hussain (Iraq) - Dictator, not elected. And... (drum roll please) Herr Hitler was the only elected man I know of who pulled such stunts. Then again, Bush was democratically "appointed," not elected! Hitler's propaganda machine was powerful enough to brainwash teenage kids turning in their parents to the Nazis. The GOP propaganda machine thus far is successful in achieving the following among a good chunk of the population: 1. Anybody who disagrees with a right-wing extremist is unpatriotic. By extension, anybody who questions BuNey cronies is a traitor. 2. People who are intelligent enough to think on their own are communists and liberals. 3. Any news outlet that doesn't endorse their backward way of thinking is "liberal media." FYI, I haven't seen a bigger myth than the so called "liberal media" - yet, there are people, several with Ph.D.s, believe it! I haven't seen the Nazi style phenomenon where kids turning in their parents who questioned the Nazi propaganda. But a letter to the editor in the Time magazine (or some other weekly) gave me chills along my spine. I am not sure if he/she saw Fahrenheit 9/11. But he/she said that the mother of the soldier from Flint, MI (whose story was highlighted in the documentary) has disgraced her son’s memory by questioning Bush. Hello, these guys are now second guessing a mother’s feelings towards her son’s death. Good day.

To: geode00 who wrote (23097)	9/14/2004 5:06:01 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 173976

geode, Re: Bush is a simple-minded, beer-swigging frat rat. On NPR yesterday, there was a segment where a political debater researcher went back to GWB's first debate with Anne Richards, the incumbent governor of Texas in 1994. The George Bush in that debate is a completely different actor from the flummoxing and seemingly dyslexic "aw shucks" fool that liberals love to ridicule. The fact of the matter is that George Bush is an extremely intelligent, cagey, cunning and crass creation of Karl Rove. Rove loves the fact that "libruls" can so easily be manipulated into a false impression of who GWB really is. He's really a determined fascist and near dictator. Stupid liberals seem him merely as a bungler. Boy, do they have it wrong.

To: geode00 who wrote (23097)	9/14/2004 7:01:35 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Kerry was a prosecutor for a couple years. True. Bush was a general manager of a baseball team. a Dem in the WH balanced the budget Yes, the Republican House and pressure from Perot had a lot to do with that. Your post didn't mention that the spending Kerry has promised will ensure the deficit will get even larger. The USA is a complicated organization and we need a smart, complex, mature, responsible, intelligent and diplomatic individual as head of the Executive Branch. Has Kerry managed a business or state gov't?