Man, they are really coming unglued!
I emailed the Sinclair sponsors to urge them not to cave in to the threats by the Kerry machine to withdraw their ads "or else." Some of the companies have responded to me. This answer is the saddest. It brings to mind the action of the Spanish government after the Islamic terrorist bombing. I told them so.
"Thank you for your email regarding Sinclair Broadcasting Group. We have
received numerous emails from individuals regarding this issue; some
threatening to boycott our company, and some encouraging us not to buckle
to this threat.
Regis Corporation does not participate in political or religious
activities. Simply put, we cut hair. We employ over 53,000 people, many
of whom are paid on commission, and rely on that income to support their
families. By boycotting us, you are hurting individuals - our employees
and their families.
We have notified Sinclair Broadcasting Group not to air our advertising
during or adjacent to any political programming. That is the right thing
to do. To take any further action would be inappropriate, and not in
keeping with our responsibilities to our employees and our stockholders.
In return, we are asking you to remove our name from your boycott list."
[Of course, it was not I, but the "party of the working man," John Fraud Kerry's Demonrats, who threatened the boycott.}
I just saw something on Drudge indicating that Sinclair is going to limit what is shown of Stolen Honor, in response to pressure from investors and lawyers for Kerry front groups.
One lady wants to pay Sinclair $1,000,000 to show the pro-Kerry docupuffery piece Up River on their network.
Maybe a compromise could be worked out with both films shown as a double feature followed by a C-SPAN call-in program for viewer reactions.
Important talking points that all freepers should know:
1. Kerry had at least two secret meetings in Paris with NVA and VC/NLF negotiators.
2. In 1971 he became the lead spokesman for Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and followed the Communist Party USA's line of unilateral withdrawal of U.S. forces from Southeast Asia and withdrawal of U.S. financial support for the Saigon government.
3. Because of John Kerry and Jane Fonda, our prisoners of war in Hanoi, and jungle hellholes in Cambodia, Laos and South Vietnam endured an additional TWO years of torture, indoctrination, and brutal living conditions which included slow starvation, deliberate withholding of medical treatment,torture,and jungle diseases.
4. John Kerry has never apologized to the returning veterans he slandered in his 1971 Senate testimony, and by implication he included all of the dead, wounded, and POWs in his false war crimes charges.
5. John Kerry has a malignant narcissistic personality, which has evolved from prep school, where his classmates mocked him with a play on his initials: "Just For Kerry."
6. Senator Kerry tells how his dying mother told him "integrity, integrity, integrity" should be his guiding words in his pursuit of the presidency. Obviously, he has demonstrated that he will say anything, and do anything to anybody who stands in his way to the White House. The ends justify the means to this evil monster, and he must be stopped from taking over the White House.
7. The consequences of a Kerry victory will be such that he will appoint the most leftist anti-Americans to the Supreme Court. If you think that our cultural values have eroded already, think about a future in which God is illegal, and morality is relative.
Liberals have been creating convention for our language uses for a long time. It's a power they don't want to give up, but they will have to compete on a more equal footing from now on. Practical deconstruction has begun, and Derrida has shown the way. Before criticising Derrida as some kind of Marxist lackey, realize that he would approve of our new deconstruction and the establishment of cultural Conservatism if we can do it.
Molly Ivins doesn't have a brain to wash.