Watch FNC. I have seen the new BC04 commercial almost once an hour today.It is the one that says "Senator Kerry has his priorities. Are They Yours?"
The HATEBUSHFEST was last night. Mehlman was out early this am w/a rebuttal & a demand that the tape be made public.
Cheney took on Leahy. W snapped back that Cheney could be President. W took on the press last week or the week before on the *European Allies* bit and said straight out:"You mean France" and went on to say that France didn't believe in saying what they meant or backing what had to be done (paraphrase).
How can you help:
Boycott all media except FNC, CSPAN and the various conservative net outlets until the election....and maybe beyond, since they are going to continue this.
Fire back yourself as each show has email response on FNC. Call on CSPAN. If you have to watch CNN or MSNBC, don't expect them to put our responses on their air. Same w/NPR.
Do not buy CDs, DVDs,books, magazines, PPV or rent movies from the BushBasher crowd. There is plenty of media from patriotic Americans. Let every outlet that purveys this cr@p know you are boycotting them and why.
Email every Kerry gaffe to everyone you know. Email every truthful report to the same people. Help arm our side. You won't change minds on the other side, so provide ammo to those on our side. Propagate the web commercials that are everywhere against the left and pro-Bush. Go to the campaign site and the RNC FLOG and email out the truth every time the other side bashes us.
Write letters to the editor
Educate
Volunteer
Donate
Repeat
In public, when confronted w/the HATEBUSH talking points, disagree in public. Stand your ground. Answer them, every time.
If you can, join the protest warriors when they are in your area. They have a website. You can join.
The campaign has been fighting back in rapid response mode for 6 weeks. If you aren't aware of it, you aren't listening. Go to the campaign web site, where the TV ads are available about 12 hrs before they hit the TV.
Bush is not going to lose. The polls have been up in our favor for almost 2 weeks. The Johns got no bump. America is not stupid, not suicidal, and not asleep. The POTUS is not a wimp and neither is Big Time.
You've said a lot---much good advice. I'll just make a comment or two on the minor points where I disagree...
I watch/listen to the tv every waking moment. (Housebound.) That's 19 hours a day. I don't remember when I last heard a Bush commercial but it's probably a week, and I'm in PA. I hear Kerry commercials at least once an hour.
The commercials I have heard from Bush/Cheney, nearly all on the internet, not tv, are awful. I'm sorry, but they just are. Instead of someone respected---like George Bush, for starts---looking you right in the eye and talking plainly, the latest commercial offers a series of hallucinatory visual images floating about, and a voice-over of some unknown woman talking in a very snide and catty tone of voice. This isn't appealing. It's downright irritating.
In contrast, Kerry's latest commercial has him doing the talking, facing the camera, looking real grounded and forthright, to anyone who doesn't know better.
Why can't the Bush commercials stick to what they did with McCain, get one recognizable person, to make one particular point per commercial? This gets attention, not just from viewers, but from the media and the opposition. The more attention, the better, if the message is clear and brief.
The media has collectively realized they don't have to be fair and even-handed. There's nothing anyone can do about it if they aren't.
I honestly think it'll be a miracle if Bush wins again. In fact, in the current climate, he'll be mighty lucky just to survive the presidency. The left is utterly deranged now, and Bush/Cheney is still rolling along on the high road.
Praying I'm wrong. :(