Posted on 08/31/2004 3:46:57 AM PDT by Apolitical
No, the anti-Bush protestors capturing headlines in the Big Apple are not having their desired effect of pushing the current president out of the White House. They?re reminding Americans of the fringier, wackier side of the left that Democrats like John Kerry normally try to keep under wraps during an election year. And this is better anti-Democrat publicity than the Republicans could ever buy. What quicker way to cause second thoughts amongst Republican voters considering straying to Kerry than by wearing a ?Keep your laws off my vagina? t-shirt or defacing public property with a spray paint propelling computer as Bush protestors have?
So if over the top demonstrations won?t help kick Bush out of office and might actually work in his favor, why are the protestors nonetheless going ahead with their chanting and marching and vandalism? There are two possible answers: 1) because they don?t buy my nut-jobs-turn-off-voters analysis and honestly believe they?re changing voters? minds; or 2) because this really isn?t about Bush at all, but rather is a handy excuse for some heavy-duty self-promotion. Of course, the fact that Michael Moore and Jesse Jackson have been among those leading the New York protest charge makes reason number two look that much more likely......
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Let's keep them front and center. The Lefty loco-weeds bring us more voters than all the GOP Convention speeches could ever win over.
These monkeys are just warming up. It is going to get hairier from here.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1202228/posts?page=288
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I think many mainstream Dems are finally realizing that a substantial segment of their party is composed of nutjobs like the ones protesting (and making fools of themselves) in NYC. Hopefully they can draw the appropriate conclusion.
Ok, so she wants an unrestricted free access pubic public area. That bit of personal geography is probably a high traffic area anyway.
That Eve Ensler shtick is getting old.
Even a peaceful demonstration with a lot of participants --- which could be called a "successful" demonstration --- is good for Bush.
What's more interesting, a bunch of boring democrat speeches in Boston (with a few hundred demonstrators locked in a razer-wire pen outside), or the great speeches we're hearing from the republicans with a backdrop of a lively street-scene in NY?
Which is going to get a larger TV audience?
Thank the demonstrators --- whether they behave well or not. They are boosting our ratings.
Baby Carriages!
If there was an intent to be peaceful, there would be babies, and baby carriages. So, it's a given as to where this is going.
They DO look like the usual liberal women though.
Is it true...that a NYPD guy is in critical condition in hospital after being attacked by these losers?
I haven't heard.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1203667/posts
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Thanks. Looks like I haven't been spending enough time on FreeRepublic lately. I missed this.
Wonders never cease...
You have a point...they also show middle America the Face of a Kerry supporter. The Moms on my daughter's cheerleading squad were talking about Swifties (praised) and protesters (intense criticism) yesterday. Now we live in Georgia, but I'm telling you the mid-west doesn't approve of protesters. They don't want to see giant pink penises. I lived there. This will turn off plenty of swing voters and evern some Democrats.
I agree. As the week goes on, they will feel more compelled to "make a statement", even if the statement is "I'm a looney, I hate the United States, I tolerate everything except Christianity, and I hate my parents".
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