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To: threat matrix
I am convinced that Matt Drudge is actually a liberal. At times he makes our side look bad.

If he can't understand the distinction between speaking literally and figuratively, then I feel sorry for him...
371 posted on 04/13/2004 11:20:35 AM PDT by graf008
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To: graf008
So Drudge is at fault here and the St. Petes Democratic Club is being wrongfully attacked?

For someone who has been here less than two weeks, you seem a little "fishy" to me.

380 posted on 04/13/2004 11:24:27 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
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To: graf008
The law, when it comes to physical threats, does not make such a, uh, nuanced distinction.
387 posted on 04/13/2004 11:26:21 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Vietnam veteran against John Kerry, proud to be a "crook" and a "liar.")
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To: graf008
If he can't understand the distinction between speaking literally and figuratively...

I'd be happy to take what the ad says figuratively — if the ad, itself, was constructed to allow me to do so. However, it is constructed in the literal:

It says: "The Iraqis aren’t insurgents. They’re Iraqi patriates..." Literally, the people who are killing our soldiers, kidnapping civilians of many countries, putting Iraqi civilians in harm's way, and making it difficult to rebuild their country after Saddam Hussein's 30-year predation are heros in the minds of the Democrats who wrote and paid for this ad.

The ad says: "We have Marines and soldiers being killed by the dozens...How many have to be killed before the Bush Bunch is satisfied?" Literally, the ad accuses President Bush and his Cabinet of WANTING our Marines and soldiers to die. In this context, the ad then says:

"And then there’s Rumsfeld who said of Iraq 'We have our good days and our bad days.' We should put this S.O.B. up against a wall and say, 'This is one of our bad days,' and pull the trigger."

The whole construct of the ad is literal, so the author of the ad leaves no room to take the Rumsfeld comment in any way other than literally. It sets up a reason why Rumsfeld should be executed (deliberately sending our Marines and soldiers to their deaths for no good reason in Iraq) and then calls for his execution.

426 posted on 04/13/2004 11:37:46 AM PDT by Wolfstar (John F. Kerry is a true Leftist idealogue — a true Leftist believer.)
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To: graf008
As I have said before, I do not think you will last long on this site.
731 posted on 04/13/2004 2:41:05 PM PDT by Lady Heron
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