More lies

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 12:44pm

New York Times | 24 Sep 2004

Republicans Admit Mailing Campaign Literature Saying Liberals Will Ban the Bible
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

The Republican Party acknowledged yesterday sending mass mailings to residents of two states warning that "liberals" seek to ban the Bible. It said the mailings were part of its effort to mobilize religious voters for President Bush.

(My husband questioned my choice of subject lines, asking "Why didn't you just go with 'Karl Rove is a lying sack of sh*t?"...lol)

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[SueleenGay]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 12:49pm

The sad thing is a lot of voters will buy into it. The harm is done and the dirty tactics, even if admitted, will still be engrained in some minds. Oh yes, they know exactly what they are doing. And that scares the hell out of me.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 1:09pm

The Republicans have been extraordinarily good at getting sound bytes and head lines that are at odds with the reality of the situation. But that's what people hear and what they remember. It's VERY frightening.

[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 1:12pm

DOWN WITH RIGHT-WING MEDIA LIES!

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 1:14pm

Their biggest distortion is that Kerry has been flip flopping on the war. They are really good at taking things and twisting them into black or white extremes where in fact Kerry has been consistent, the circumstances and what is being specifically discussed has not.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 1:29pm

"where in fact Kerry has been consistent"

(cranks up the Fleetwood Mac)

Tell me lies, tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 1:35pm

Gotham, until you are able to engage in mature dialogue on these threads, absolutely nothing else you have to say means squat.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 4:35pm

Since nothing I say means squat, I'll tell myself a little story and I don't want you to listen.

An anecdote about Kerry: He criticized Bush for not rushing immediately out of his reading session at an elementary school when he was informed that the first World Trade Center tower had been struck. In August, Larry King asked Kerry where he was when that happened. Kerry said he was at the Capitol with a group of others and saw the first tower’s attack on TV. He admitted, "No one could think" so they sat there stunned, watching until the second one was struck. Later, Kerry was asked if he would have done anything differently than President Bush if Kerry had been in the President’s shoes. He replied emphatically that he definitely would have probably.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/25/04 at 7:03pm

You want to trade idiotic anecdotes tit for tat? Who do you think has behaved like an idiot more frequently? Kerry or the brain-dead Drug Addict in the West Wing who gets so high on cocaine and beer that he chokes on a pretzel?

Updated On: 9/25/04 at 07:03 PM