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CNN- GOP to 'Use Terrorism' to 'Win -- Again?'
Newsbusters.org ^ | 8/14/06 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 08/14/2006 4:19:07 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus

Well, we have the MSM's drum beat slogan firmly established. It is increasingly being used time and again since the British uncovered their terror plot last week. Republicans are merely "using" this whole terror thing as a tactic to get votes.

It couldn't be that we REALLY face terrorism, that is is something to be worried about and discussed seriously, right?

Nah, it must just be a dirty GOP trick!

Today, CNN has posted a story from their senior political analyst, Bill Schneider, titled "Can the GOP use the terrorism issue to win -- again?, Suspected plot to blow up airliners puts issue front and center."

Um, no, your blather puts the "issue front and center", Mr. Schneider!

In fact, he immediately phrases with a negative connotation the possible impact on American politics of this British plot. The very first lines of his story calls an American reaction to what the Brits discovered as "political fallout". The word "fallout" is a negative terminology meaning upheaval and harkens back to the worrisome days of Mutually Assured Destruction and world wide nuclear war and the radiation fallout that would follow. It just isn't usually used positively, as in good "fallout".

"Could there be political fallout in the United States from the terror arrests in Britain?

Typically, when Americans become fearful their support for the president tends to go up. President Bush and the Republican Party used the security issue to their advantage in the previous two elections, when they portrayed Democrats as weak and vacillating. Republicans give every indication that they intend to run on the security issue again in 2006."

So, according to Mr. Schneider, all this terrorism stuff must just be a political tactic, not a REAL and JUSTIFIED reaction to being repeatedly attacked by Islamofascist terrorists? And those stupid Americans who "become fearful" are just dupes to superior GOP propaganda?

After discussing various quotes by several Administration officials, Schneider wonders aloud "Will the issue work for Republicans this year?"

As the media and the Democrats continue to view terrorism as a mere tactic for vote getting, and continue to scoff at Republicans for their worries, it is no wonder that we look like the proverbial "weak horse" to those such as Osamma bin Laden who imagine we haven't the will to fight them.

After all, if a politician cannot even discuss the issue seriously without it imagined to be a mere political tactic, a virtual propagandistic ploy, how can anyone take them seriously when solutions are called for?

But, perhaps we get to Mr. Schneider's true worry a little farther down in the story? That this British plot announcement will upset the apple cart of the "anti-incumbent feeling" that he had hoped would clean Republicans from power.

"But concern about terrorism threats could blunt that anti-incumbent mood and lead voters to place more value on experience. If news of the suspected plot had come out only a few days earlier, it might have helped Lieberman."
So, as it turns out, the thought that the GOP is just using terrorism as a tactic might just work. And that is what Mr. Schneider is all worried about. That the throw-them-all-out sentiment might be scaled back and the GOP might retain power.

Regardless, it is the height of cynicism to assume that if a candidate focuses on security and winning the war against Islamofascist terror it is only evidence of a mere vote getting tactic and not a serious and responsible area of concern for that candidate or government official to discuss.

The MSM to the rescue once again, letting us all know to avoid that nasty GOP's propaganda, I guess?


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2006agenda; 2006elections; cnn; gop; issues; nationalsecurity; terrorism
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Of course, the Democrats are ALWAYS to be taken seriously when they play the race card or the homless game or... why THEY wouldn't be merely using those issue for votes, eh? Heck those are SERIOUS issues, right?
1 posted on 08/14/2006 4:19:07 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Very series, and hugh!

Remember that there were no homeless people during the entire clinton administration?


2 posted on 08/14/2006 4:20:41 PM PDT by null and void (Imagine a world without a CAIR...)
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To: Mobile Vulgus
Thank you to what ever posted this first . . . It's perfect.


3 posted on 08/14/2006 4:21:49 PM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Democrats to use terrorism to lose again.


4 posted on 08/14/2006 4:22:28 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Does this make you as freaking furious as it does me? There are just no words left to describe how reprehensible the media has become, and how stupid the public is for believing every word they say.


5 posted on 08/14/2006 4:22:30 PM PDT by ladyinred (Thank God the Brits don't have a New York Times!)
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To: Mobile Vulgus
Hell!If it works why not use it. Its the truth that the dummycrats are really deficiant in the defence of the United States.
6 posted on 08/14/2006 4:22:35 PM PDT by puppypusher
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To: Mobile Vulgus

So which party grumbles the most about the Patriot Act, wiretapping, and checking bank records????

The Republicans aren't going to use the issue to win. They can talk about it. The Dims, on the other hand, know @#$# well that they're better off avoiding the issue altogether and pretending that it doesn't exist.


7 posted on 08/14/2006 4:22:45 PM PDT by CheyennePress
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Can the Democrats use "Tax the rich" to lose .... again! LOL!!!

At least the joker knows that the GOP is going to win gain.


8 posted on 08/14/2006 4:23:10 PM PDT by avacado
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To: Mobile Vulgus
The sooner liberals admit to themselves and others these simple facts, the sooner they get back the white house.

1) Afghanistan was a victory in 2002.

2) Iraq was a victory in 2003.

3) They are both part of the War On Terror.

They're not even at step 2 yet, and it's been 3 YEARS!

9 posted on 08/14/2006 4:25:53 PM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus
So what they're saying is that it's not right to use the most prominent issue facing Americans as a point of discussion in an election, and the election should be decided by less important issues.

Why, other than that the Republican position on that issue will win more votes?

The answer, of course, is the old one--The MSM snobs don't think terror is THAT big a threat, and us stooopid folks can't separate our emotions from the issue, and we SHOULD be paying attention to the REAL issues of importance, like Diebold or something.

10 posted on 08/14/2006 4:27:35 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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To: ladyinred

Here's what kills me: The Democrats are running on the war in Iraq (see CT). Now they say that it's not the same as the war on terror, which they are free to argue, but when the GOP actually responds, it's somehow unfair.

Now if the Dems were running on domestic issues, they might have a fair point, but they aren't. They complain that the conversation isn't 100% on their terms.


11 posted on 08/14/2006 4:27:49 PM PDT by AmishDude
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To: cripplecreek
Basically, they are still attacking Bush. I don't get it.

He can't run anymore.

CUT AND RUN will be a main theme during October and November for the mid-terms.

And, watch this "we stopped the terrorists with the multiple airplanes" issue start getting legs.

The dems are in deep do do with both issues.

12 posted on 08/14/2006 4:28:27 PM PDT by AGreatPer
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To: Darkwolf377

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So what they're saying is that it's not right to use the most prominent issue facing Americans as a point of discussion in an election, and the election should be decided by less important issues.
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What it tells me is that they (Democrats) are running scared at this point.


13 posted on 08/14/2006 4:31:02 PM PDT by avacado
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To: AGreatPer
Basically, they are still attacking Bush. I don't get it.

At the risk of being called a racist by democrats i'm going to use the term "tar baby".
14 posted on 08/14/2006 4:33:40 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: cripplecreek

Democrats say Republican want to bomb terrorists back into the Stone Age, what they don't understand is terrorists want to bomb us back into the 6th century and cut off our heads.


15 posted on 08/14/2006 4:44:34 PM PDT by FreeRep
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To: ChadGore
What a shame that the survival of a nation places such a burden on politicians struggling to win elections, assuage their ambitions, and their blind loyalty to an ideology that is proven to be disasterous to our future.
16 posted on 08/14/2006 4:46:09 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: avacado
What it tells me is that they (Democrats) are running scared at this point.

I agree. They're already preparing the rationale for their losing in November--"The Republicans played the terrorism card!" Well, yeah--right after the Brits foiled what would have been the biggest terrorist attack since 9-11.

I'd like to ask CNN's Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, if the plot came off, would he be on there saying "The Democrats are politicizing the Bush Administration's FAILURE to stop the terror attack?" Hell, no--and no reporter would say the Dems would be politicizing it, but would say it was a legit issue (which it would be).

17 posted on 08/14/2006 4:47:21 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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To: avacado

The numbers are looking terrible for the Dems. It looks now like the only potential Senate pickup they have is Santorum (let's leave Chafee out of it). The GOP has possibilities in WA(!), MN and NJ(!). Moreover, two other seats, RI and MD, haven't even had primaries yet.

I contend that when the MD primaries occur, Steele will get a bump, regarless of who wins it. I have also always regarded RI as a wash if Chafee or a Democrat wins.

With that said, my prediction still holds: +1R in the Senate. And Rove hasn't even started his weather machine yet.


18 posted on 08/14/2006 4:48:08 PM PDT by AmishDude
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To: cripplecreek
At the risk of being called a racist by democrats i'm going to use the term "tar baby".

Might I suggest the more PC term, "Petroleum-based Youngling".

19 posted on 08/14/2006 4:50:59 PM PDT by 6SJ7
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To: billhilly
assuage?


suagen?


Wu?

20 posted on 08/14/2006 4:57:44 PM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
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