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SEPTEMBER 11, 2001  JOHN KERRY ON 911
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Posted on 08/12/2004 9:40:42 PM PDT by Bob J
On the 5th I posted an article title The Media is the Real Enemy - Watch Media Reaction to the Swift Boat Vets Story and be Convinced!. After observing what has happened since and in particular the performance typified by Crossfire and Hardball tonight, is there any question remaining that our primary activism objective needs to be defeating the media hegemony that nourishes the beast?
I've been involved in FReeper activism beginning way back with the March for Justice in '98. I now believe my energies have been nothing but shadow boxing. Every single action that we have undertaken against groups or individuals can trace their existence to an adoring dim media that creates them, props them up and then protects them from damage through propaganda, misdirection and lies.
I think it's time we redirect our efforts to the source that creates, sustains and drives liberalism.
Comments and suggestions?
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 JOHN KERRY ON 911
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The rub, of course, is how to do it. Conservatives still own talk radio; I doubt there's much more that can be done in that particular medium to advance the cause. Seems to me the focus ought to be on changing television news reporting.
Alas, my own experience has been that there is not (or was not) sufficient interest among conservative activists to mount any kind of sustained effort against Rather, Jennings, et al. Do you agree, or no?
The assault on the mainstream media ought to be two-pronged: (1) assault their bias head-on; and (2) push for alternative 'slant' in their reporting...the classic stick and carrot approach.
BTW, whatever happened to CCRM? I see the web site is still there, but it appears that nothing has been added to it since 2003.
This is a good time to re-focus on this problem. Good luck finding enough support for a particular strategy. Herding cats, and all that, ya know...??
That reminds me of the book "The Vast Rightwing Conspiracy Handbook," by David Smith, I believe. My 16 YO daughter got it for Christmas from one of her friends, and I loved it and got my own copy. It has talking points and factoids to shut the liberals up, all in one convenient little book. It's a bit on the thin side, but it's a start!
Here's an idea I had that might be possible to affect the media.
With CFR, there is the I think thirty-day period in which us regular citizens cannot buy airtime or print ads to support our political causes. This leaves the newspaper news coverage (and its bias) and the opinion pages as the sole "advertising" during this time.
The papers wanted it this way and were in support of the CFR laws.
My idea is that 31 days before the election (or is it 61?) we have a massive number of people cancel their newspaper subscriptions citing the reason to the effect of: CFR wanted to make sure that none of us were influenced during the election cycle by external influences, so we must cancel our newspaper subscription.
Of course it needs to be more well-described to people, more pithy, and we would have to get a significant number to cancel their papers during this period, but it could make a powerful statement. We would need Rush, Hannity, Boortz, etc to make this happen.
Note: People could still buy the papers on the newstand during this period, because I've heard they don't count for advertising rates that way.
Cheers for you. You get the President Bush "Citizen, not Spectator" award for the morning! It is doing something that makes all the difference. Glad you are helping, we all need to do as much as we can, even if that just means not accepting the lies when they are presented to us, just to get along. The lies must be challenged with facts.
And when it comes to controlling Hollywood or artists in general, is it any surprise that conservatives (who use the rational side of their brains) are truly clueless ?
BUMP
"Bob, you must have missed O'Neill's excellent H&C appearance, and Hannity's dismantling of Jeh Johnson -- who then repeated his boob-like performance on Fox & Friends the next morning. Just a total washout for Kerry. "
And Buchannan's O'Neill interview on Scarborough Country or Brit Hume last night on Fox around 6:45 eastern. He wasn't taking any crap off the democrat panel member.
Carville's rant will do more damage to the lib cause than will help. The people who are diehard libs could care less how Carville acted. Anyone else with a lick of sense could see the difference between the way he acted and the way O'Neill handled himself.
The media vitrol this election, plus a trip to the Dem HQ in my town to get a Kerry sign (for alteration) has promted me to volunteer at the Republican HQ and try my hand at fund raising. Except for a couple of FReeps I've been a quiet conservative in my daily life. The media has changed my attitude towards that and hopefully others feel the same way and will contribute to the cause in ways they have never done before.
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Chris Matthews' adieu (his mug contorted with a vile, self-satisfied, smug look that said, "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED") was even more telling than his so-called "debate" last night between John O'Neill and Kerry's nasty, lying, demagogic vet lackey, even given Matthews' outrageous false premises and circular reasoning (as well as his usual big-mouth short-circuiting of anti-"D" argument). Matthews' shameless performance was about more than met the eye, I believe. On his previous show dealing with the swiftee ad and book, Matthews expressed doubt about Kerry's version of events, allowing for the truth of the charges.... The Kerry camp must have gotten to him.... The 180-degree flip in mindset must mean that no less than Matthews' career was on the line.... For a start, I would suggest boycotting Matthews and boycotting MSNBC (including its component parts, i.e., NBC + Microsoft). If everyone disgusted with the media enemies of America would boycott them, they would rapidly disappear. I am trying to do my part:
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johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com
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"Well, I haven't been briefed [about the new al Qaeda plans of a large-scale attack on the United States] yet, Larry. They have offered to brief me; I just haven't had time." John Kerry "I think most Americans subconsciously believe something [another terror attack on the United States] is going to happen. It's a matter of when, and it's a matter of how... but, you know, Europeans have lived that way, and other people around the world have lived that way. Americans have been very safe, at least as a nation." Teresa Heinz-Kerry
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THE COMPLEAT JOHN KERRY
WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA
Kerry, NOT Bush, paralyzed by 9/11 attacks
Hear Kerry admit he could not think
THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES 3
UNFIT #10: 9/10 mindset
THE DEMOCRATS ARE GONNA GET US KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES 2
KERRY-DEMOCRAT CONTEMPT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY[annotated]
THE DEMOCRATS-ARE-GONNA-GET-US-KILLED (kerry, clinton + sandy berger's pants) SERlES1
dox in sox on lummox in box on fox
THE REAL "REAL DEAL"
(what Kerry's commanders and crewmates REALLY think of him--with transcripts)
Did John Kerry pick a running mate or hire a lawyer when he selected John Edwards?
THE MAN FROM HOPE: been there, done that
"Hope is on the way!" (the scoop)
THE TERRORISTS' USEFUL IDIOTS
all the usual suspects
A Vote for Kerry is a Vote for the Terrorists
ELECTION BOTTOM LINE:
TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER or TERRORIST ANNIHILATOR
JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT SERIES: 8/10/04 UPDATE!
taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT SERIES:
taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
UNFIT #9-JOHN KERRY: DEADLY OPPORTUNIST
SELF-CONFESSED WAR CRIMlNAL MORPHS INTO SELF-PROMOTER WAR HERO
UNFIT #6: The Deadly Kerry-Hollywood Axis
HOW CAN YOU PUT YOUR CHILDREN'S LIVES IN ITS HANDS?
UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#1-making the tough choices in a post-9/11 world
UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#2-understanding the job description
UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#3-sang-froid and the "nuclear" button
UNFIT: taking the measure of a would-be commander-in-chief
#4 - Kerry champions tolerance for terrorists
sanitizing evil
Kerry Cabal Censors Nick Berg Decapitation
"Loose Cannon" Kerry's AWOL/PURPLE-HEART FRAUD
pro-islamofascist-terrorist radical chic
USEFUL IDIOTS
MOORE IS LESS--THE MOVIE
The Cycle of Violence:
NOW WITH HYPERLINKED INSTRUCTION MANUAL
JOHN KERRY'S RECKLESS TET-OFFENSIVE-GAMBIT REPLAY:
the left's jihad against America is killing our troops, aiding + abetting the terrorists and imperiling all Americans
bill clinton, boy "genius," unwittingly bares all on BBC
deconstructing clinton… "just because I could"
vetting missus clinton...
The Parallel Universe of Jamie Gorelick
nepotism + tokenism = a nancy pelosi
(or a hillary clinton)
Kerry's Belated Condemnation Focuses on Process
Kerry Lacks Moral Authority to Condemn Content
"CRY BUSH" + Iraqi-Prisoner "Abuse"
What are the Dems up to?
DON'T BELIEVE YOUR LYING EARS (The Perjurer Returns)
(Clinton: Claims I Turned Down Bin Laden are 'Bull')
The Mary Jo White Memo:
Documentation of clintons' and Gorelick's willful, seditious malfeasance
What is the REAL Reason for Gorelick's Wall?
giant sucking sound
KERRY MAKES DUKAKIS LOOK CONSERVATIVE, SMART + JUDICIOUS- Q ERTY6 utter failureBUMP
- Lib Author Regrets Voting (TWICE!) for clinton
"Sickened" by clinton's Failure to Protect America from Terrorism- MUST-READ BOOK FOR DEMOCRATS:
How clintons' Failures Unleashed Global Terror
(Who in his right mind would ever want the clintons back in the Oval Office?)- The Man Who Warned America
(Why a Rapist is Not a Fit President)- UDAY: "The end is near… this time I think the… Americans are serious, Bush is not like Clinton."
That's a truly good idea.
A database of organized info, documented, with a logical, easy way to naivigate it.
I can't tell you how many times I want to reference an event or article, and I know the information peripherally, but finding the exact thing is nearly impossible.
i totally agree. i think it is a great idea. if i am engaged in a debate with someone about some topic, i have often wished for a compendium of FR threads citing sources on the topic. sometimes i have been lucky enough to find it, but Humidston's idea is an excellent one. it would better organize us for battle, IMO.
Exactly right, and when you really need a break, watch Home & Garden TV.
The point is, how can we fight it.
The MSM has admitted that they want Kerry elected to the Presidency (gosh it was even scary to type that).
So at the grassroots, what do we do? Because I am ready to start doing it.
I've been writing letters to the Washington Post and the New York Times but none of them have ever gotten printed, even though I've been polited but insistent about their bias.
TNT
It is ingrained in their DNA. Liberalism is as innate as having brown eyes, dark hair etc. What fuels liberalism further is our affluence as a nation. The wealthier we are the more these whiners want. It's a gimme gimme mindset. The way to kill it is to have small government period.
Thank you for all you are doing.
I wish I had the time to do the same but it just isn't possible at thi spoint in my life.
I am however, neighborhood captain for the Bush-Cheney campaign, and since I remember all the lawns that Gore signs on them, am targating those neighbors with my special brand of conservatism.
I also plan to start holding neighborhood "election information parties" and get both Pubbies and Dims in the same room, for the purpose of helping to "educate" the Dims.
That is about the extent of what I can do.
So thank you for your Internet activism. I think it is really important to do because where else can we so pro-actively counter the lying, biased MSM:
TNT
We also need to know who finances these people. What conglomerates buy time to sell their products. We need to boycot the products. Hit them in the pocketbook. I do not buy anything made in france, though I love their cheeses. I do not buy anything made by heinz. We need to make a list of all of her holdings and boycot. Get them in the purse and they will become "blievers" thought they don't agree with us.
As I understand the payroll of some of these "mouths" they don't make thousands, some make millions, ie cute caty curic and diane sawyer, plus others.
Carvell/Davis/O'Neil link here is the transcript posted from CNN...
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0408/12/cf.00.html
LOL! Left Leaning Media!!!
Don't you mean. Socialist Media?
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