Posted on 10/05/2004 11:53:49 AM PDT by mrplind
Dear xxx,
The debate tonight presents a tremendous opportunity for the campaign to attract undecided voters, but people's perceptions are shaped as much by their conversations around the water cooler as by the debates themselves.
The Vice President's goal is to do what he's been doing throughout this election: explain to the American people why the President's policies are right for America and the world we live in today - in fighting the war on terror, in keeping our economy growing and in responding to the new challenges of the 21st century.
After last week's debate, the Kerry campaign spin machine managed to mask their candidate's flip-flops on the war in Iraq, imposition of a "global test" for protecting America, and repeated denigration of our troops and allies.
If we plan to win the election, we must fight back against their spin and make sure our friends and neighbors get the truth.
We need your help tonight!
Visit www.GeorgeWBush.com/DebateFacts tonight during the debate so you will have the facts. Print and share them with your friends.
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Beyond tonight, you should return to these forums in the coming days and make your voice heard and your support for the President known.
If someone asks you a question about the President, direct them to the campaign's website, www.GeorgeWBush.com. It has lots of information on the President's Agenda for America (www.GeorgeWBush.com/Agenda) and the President's record of accomplishment (www.GeorgeWBush.com/Record).
We have said before, there is no better messenger for this campaign than you. There is also no more powerful medium for political discussion. As one of our online activists, you realize that.
Make your voice heard by completing the actions above.
Sincerely,
Ken Mehlman
P.S. If we plan to win the election, we must fight back against the Kerry campaign's spin and make sure our friends and neighbors get the truth after tonight's debate. We need you to complete the actions above and send this message to five friends using the form below. Will you help us beat the Kerry spin machine?
Didn't you just LOVE the "and EVEN CBS."
Cracked me up anyway. Everyone knows the score.
If this is true, that is not going to reflect well on Bush as it also reflected badly on Kerry when his team sent a similar message.
John Kerry says he can do a better job than President Bush.
Oh really?
What is Kerry’s record during his 20 years in the Senate?
• Kerry voted against most of the major weapons systems that our troops use today.
• Kerry voted against the $87 billion for support of the troops, after he voted for it.
• Kerry led the fight against President Bush's Department Of Homeland Security, voting against it six times and delaying it for 112 days.
• Kerry missed more than 75% of the meetings of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
• Kerry proposed slashing the intelligence budget by $7.5 billion after the first attack on the World Trade Center.
• Kerry has voted at least 350 times for higher taxes.
• Kerry has been able to persuade congress to pass only eight insignificant laws that bear his name, and most of those were strictly ceremonial.
• Kerry has proposed that use of force by the US must meet a “global test.”
• Kerry voted against the first Gulf War, after Saddam invaded Kuwait. By Kerry’s standards, Saddam would still be in power, and in Kuwait.
Kerry can do a better job than President Bush? Oh really?
that would make a good TV spot
It wasn't even reported when Kerry's kamp pulled an unprecedented blitz of the media to spread propoganda.
Since they got a pass this will either a) cause the media to ignore both camps regarding analysis or b) acknowledge publicly that they are being inundated.
The DNC is planning the same thing again tonight, and we don't win by allowing them to do this unchallenged.
Why is this email suspiciously worded the similarly, if not the same, as the DEM email??
Yep...made me chuckle.
CBS is a joke.
Sad but true that many Americans go by the polls and think they've got a winner if the polls say so. Might just be worth getting online and doing a bit of voting.
Aw-w-w-w-w-w....., that was the old Kerry. The new Kerry will will act differently, before he reacts indifferently.
Nearest I could find.
There is a closer one, but I couldn't find it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1231647/posts
I THINK THIS IS A FAKE EMAIL PUT OUT BY A LURKER.
THESE FAKE CBS POLLS AND SUCH ARE NOT A CONCERN OF THE BUSH CROWD.
hehehe
No it's not. I got the same email from Bush/Cheney on my personal computer.
I agree.
If we let this go unchallenged, they will get media time.
Do you have a ping list?
I call up some folks I know and see if we can get a tag team together.
I can hit it early tomorrow morning around 6:00 to start.
We can also use the email lists and polls from the opposition.
I agree.
Last Thursday, I went to some of the new sites to vote and they were already overflowing w/pro-Kerry votes.
We definitely got out-gunned...but we did win the online polls with the Hagerstown (Md) Herald-Mail and Wausau (Wi) Daily Herald! :)
Let's not let it happen again! Do your part...even if it is an MSNBC or BCS poll!
Gosh! I read that it made the Washington Post and that even Dana Milbank (who is openly anti Bush) reported it in a bad light?
They need to get off this "flip-flopping" allegation that they think is going to swing undecided voters. Most undecideds are flip floppers themselves. They were for the war when it was going well, they are against it when it's going bad, they liked Kerry after his convention, liked Bush better after his, like Kerry after the debate, etc.
Calling Kerry a flip flopper is just saying he is one of them. They have no core values or beliefs, so saying Kerry doesn't either isn't a winning critique.
It did not reflect on Kerry at all. The only people who had a problem with it.....were people like us here on FR.
The Undecideds saw all the flash polls...and because they are not up on policy like the rest of us....they buy into those polls.
SO.....when the Kerry campaign and the DNC did that last week....in a way..it helped them.
AND NOBODY IN THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA CALLED THEM ON IT.
I am actually glad to see the Bush Campaign wake up and counter the DNC. The GOP should do the same.
Maybe if our side gets off its can and makes an effort to counter them ........maybe we can affect the undecideds.
He can steer his yacht (the Scaramouche) without ever reaching a conclusion.
This sounds suspiciously like the email that the DNC sent out to Democrats last week prior to the debate. It prompted the marching morons to send emails to newspapers like the Washington Post explaining just how it was the John Kerry won the debate.
The Washington Post was honest enough to reveal that they were receiving these impassioned emails 4 HOURS before the debate occurred.
I just put a President Bush sticker on my mailbox and a HUGE Bush/Cheney poster on my front lawn. Letting my neighbors know where I stand!!!
It is not. I received this e-mail yesterday afternoon.
Happy Anniversary!
That's two.
As you can see, the hundreds of other media outlets didn't even bat an eye.
bump!!
As today's MSNBC poll said today with one of their options: Kerry changes his position as circumstances change. It registered the most number of votes! This is his base, folks. We need to show strength in standing firm; i.e., making a decision and sticking to it! Outgun those liberals!
Activisim alert!
Be prepared tonight!
Exactly, and most undecided voters were more concerned with the color of Kerry's tie versus the color of Bush's tie and the fact that Bush had an "annoyed look" on his face for 90 minutes. Undecideds thrive on style over substance.
It's for real. I got the same thing from the Bush/Cheney campaign.
NUMBER ONE talking point after tonight's debate:
We live in an era when the president is a larger target for assassination by international terrorists than ever in our lifetimes. There is a very real possibility that John Edwards could ascend to the presidency. The left concedes that VP Cheney is quite capable of the handling the job (even if they disagree with his positions) because some already believe that he is really the one running things. Is John Edwards a man that we can trust a heartbeat away from the presidency?
This man ran away from Congress and hid at home on the morning of 9/11/2001. The capital building posed too great of a target for Edwards to stay there. District police came to his home to bring him into protected custody. Read about this admission on my profile page (I have a link to the full Larry King Live transcript).
Why would the Bush campaign follow Terry/DNC lead and do the exact same thing as DNC predebate email last week. Search FreeRP for this email.
The DNC got alot of flack for this email from journalists. Also if the CBS poll says 95 Kerry and 5 Bush it will so obviously show that they are a bastion of the liberals. CBS shows internet traffic numbers to their advertisers DON"T HELP THEM make money and pay Dan 8 million next year. None of these internet polls are mentioned on the Networks anyway. Better for all those polls to say 95 for Kerry than to say 60 Kerry/40 Bush. The lopsided response will show everyone they are all a bunch of liberals. Don't you agree?
It's on Georgewbush.com for anyone doubting the validity
We need to be more active tonight than libs were after the Bush-Kerry debate.
Oh of course!!! Because the New York Times didn't tell them to do it. But it is noteworthy that the WaPo did print the story and that the story did get attention.
Puhlease. Campaigns do this sort of thing every year, this is no different, you cant allow the competition to out maneuver you in any way.
No joke. I got the same e-mail.
I KNEW I had seen this before!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1231550/posts
It's an excellent email... it is merely encouraging people to use the email, public forums and letters to editors to make your support for Bush and Cheney known.
The Dems did it differently... they actually gave people form letters and pre-written talking points to spread through the Internet and write to editors. That's a bit different than this email just encouraging Republicans to get OUT THERE and start TALKING about why people should vote for Bush!
Nope. We're at war with three enemies. The Democrats, the MSM, and the Islamofascist. Now is not the time to sit on collective hands and go soft while the Democrats continue to run roughshod over the American people with lies, voter fraud, disenfranchisement, distortions, misstatements, conspiracy theories, boogie-men, and mere speculation. All of the above tactics employed by the Democrats will not win elections. I agree, internet polls mean nothing, and won't amount to squat come November 2nd. Becoming active in a variety of other ways wins elections, even if that means engaging the base with blast e-mails.
OOOPS! It is authentic - my bad and apologies to all. I still think participating in any of the CBS/NBC/ABC polls is a mistake. These polls are too vulnerable to Computer manipulation. CBS can decide what they want to poll to say exactly and then set up a computer to pulse in the correct amounts of votes. These are rigged polls. Just like the Presidential Debate was rigged against Bush by Lehrer but he HAD to participate.
IF the Bush campaign says to do so. Lets do so as good Republicans in the most important election of our lives.
This is the type of comment I would like to hear in these debates!
And that is what needs to be articulated. The MSM is focused only on this administration's record. Our side needs to focus on Kerry's record. It is much better to be offensive in debates than deffensive.
Exactly. Democrats by default can't think on their own, so the kooks in the Leftist base wait with bated breath as their leader, The Punk, gives them a template by which to work by.
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