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Sorry, Rope-A-Dope is Bush's game, one that he plays extremely well.
Al, that thing you see down in the mud is not the good name of the USA. It's your name Al, and you have put it there.
The Rats have chosen the path of hate America, killing the unborn, amnesty for convicted murders, homosexual "marriage", radical and violent environmentalism, and stealing from the producers in order to garner votes from the looters in order to gain power.
Years ago the Rats made a pact with the devil in order to cobble together a coalition for the purpose of retaining power. Now it's time to give the devil his due, the lunatic fringe is in charge.
Kerry plays the moderate, conservative talking kind of quiet candidate , while the rest of the Party as well as the media goes bonkers. . Theyre hoping it works. We'll see..
Americans "are possibly the dumbest people on the planet," Moore told the British paper the Mirror. "We've got that big (expletive) grin on our face all the time because our brains aren't loaded down," he told a crowd in Munich. "The U.S. government started the war in Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich," he told a Japanese newspaper. "It's all part of the same ball of wax, right? The oil companies, Israel, Halliburton," he said in Cambridge, England.
So Moore is radical and a hater. But we've had a lot of those in our history. The big difference is that Moore is now embraced by the Democratic Party's establishment. Among those paying homage at his film's Washington opening were Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe and Florida Sen. Bob Graham, a Democrat. What on earth are these people doing at a Michael Moore premiere? They're scared. America has been undergoing a sea change over the past quarter-century, and Democrats, in this election, are trying to turn back the tide. Whatever it takes.
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We need to remind Kerry supporters that standing with Michael Moore is the same as standing with David Duke - something that no Republican politician does.
How 'bout a nice glass of iced tea, Al?
the film is getting some traction--I hope it backfires, but I'm not convinced it will
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A Continuation from the Naples Daily News, June 29, 2004:
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Americans "are possibly the dumbest people on the planet," Moore told the British paper The Mirror. "We've got that big (expletive) grin on our face all the time because our brains aren't loaded down," he told a crowd in Munich. "The U.S. government started the war in Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich," he told a Japanese newspaper. "It's all part of the same ball of wax, right? The oil companies, Israel, Halliburton," he said in Cambridge, England.
So Moore is radical and a hater. But we've had a lot of those in our history. The big difference is that Moore is now embraced by the Democratic Party's establishment. Among those paying homage at his film's Washington opening were Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe and Florida Sen. Bob Graham, a Democrat. What on earth are these people doing at a Michael Moore premiere? They're scared. America has been undergoing a sea change over the past quarter-century, and Democrats, in this election, are trying to turn back the tide. Whatever it takes.
In the 1970s, more Americans identified themselves as Democrats than Republicans by an average of 21 percentage points; in the 1980s, the margin slipped to 11 percentage points; in the 1990s, to 9 points; today, the parties are dead even.
Republicans have now held a majority in the House of Representatives for a decade. They have controlled the Senate, except for a two-year hiatus, since 1994 as well. They have held the White House for 16 of the past 24 years, and their appointees are in the ascendancy in the Supreme Court. No significant Democratic legislation has been signed into law since the 1993 tax increases. If Republicans win this time, they will hold the House, Senate and presidency for more than two years for the first time since the 1920s.
No wonder the Bush campaign characterizes Democrats as "wild-eyed." In their desperation, they seem willing to debase, if not destroy, their own party.
I doubt this approach will work. Republicans are certainly vulnerable, and the administration's post-war planning in Iraq deserves criticism. But the director of "Fahrenheit 9/11" is wrong. Americans aren't stupid. We don't like extremists, don't admire Marxist-style rhetoric and can recognize conspiracy fantasies when we see them. We admire cool determination, optimism and pride.
A better strategy for Democrats would have been to show America a clear, rational alternative and make the Republicans look like the wild-eyed ones. Despite Cheney's outburst, it's way too late for that now. By joining forces in their counterinsurgency with Moore, the Democrats, tragically, have set their course.
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