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Democrats begin waiting for George W. Bush to fail
The Seattle Times ^ | jan 9, 2001 | E.J. Dionne Jr.

Posted on 01/28/2009 6:37:02 AM PST by coneocon

Among Democrats, there are two views as to how to pull this off now. The popular view is the one that looks to Bush making mistakes and, perhaps, to an economic downturn that will make swing voters long for the days of Democratic prosperity under Clinton.

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To: Let's Roll
And now that BDS is running out of steam, they’ve come up with RDS.

The Democrats have to have an enemy to demonize. They studied the tactics of Goebbels and Stalin well. Every film student studies Eisenstein and Reifenstahl. Now they have their professional propagandists and are seeking to force all public opinion.

If it isn't Bush, it's Newt Gingrich, or it's Tom DeLay, or it's Frist, or it's Bush, or it's Rumsfeld, or it's Cheney, or it's Sarah Palin, or it's Joe the Plumber, or it's Rush.

The target will never be anyone leading their own party.

41 posted on 01/28/2009 8:51:14 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal imigration)
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To: Loud Mime
The initial Bush Cabinet picks for Labor, Justice, and Interior were Elaine Chao, John Ashcroft, and Gale Norton. Dirk Kempthorne took over at Interior in 2006.

It was OK to wish openly for Bush to fail since he was a Republican and a white man...to wish for Obama to fail is racist.

42 posted on 01/28/2009 9:06:07 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: coneocon

The first thing my liberal cooworker said to me this morning was(and loud enough for the others in the area to hear), “What’s this about your friend Rush Limbaugh? I hear he hopes President Obama will fail.”

Touche!

The war is on to marginalize Rush Limbaugh.

Think about it folks. We are seeing Stalinist tactics with mob thinking in play.


43 posted on 01/28/2009 9:17:42 AM PST by jonrick46
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To: bellas_sister

(beep beep)


44 posted on 01/28/2009 10:20:56 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: coneocon

Classic. Bookmark.


45 posted on 01/28/2009 11:02:09 AM PST by GreenAccord (Bacon Akbar!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Yes, we could do the same. Not just individual targets but slogans, buzz words etc.

Make more effort with our own slogans and sound bites. Long explanations, even when informative, don’t resonate with the sheeple.

For example, don’t let them push the “Fairness Doctrine” when it’s really the Progaganda Doctrine or the Indoctrination Doctrine - or hopefully something even better. The RNC needs to hire the best PR and marketing people to come up with better slogans and brief but accurate position statements.

Want to convince the fence sitters and deniers that terrorists need to be destroyed? Draw the parallels between beefing up the local police to stop gangs that prey on the innocent. Although the average American should be able to see that without hand holding, they just don’t.


46 posted on 01/28/2009 11:14:42 AM PST by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: Let's Roll

Unfairness Doctrine. That way everytime they hear “fairness”, they are already hearing it as UNfairness.

Same with the way the left called it “the contract ON america”, “the gingrinch that stole christmas”...


47 posted on 01/28/2009 11:17:53 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal imigration)
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To: jonrick46

A few years back they didn’t just stop at going after Rush. They went after BO’Reily for some phonecall tapes, Bill Bennett for gambling, Michael Savage for saying choke on a sausage (it was a cooking segment on tv), die of parasites from improperly stored meats, and “get AIDS” all to a known prank caller (who lied about being gay), I think they went after Michael Donahue for a statement they took out of context (he was quoting a book and then immediately refuted the statement he’d just read), etc. etc.

Rush learned when a partisan “security” guard tried to out him for “drugs” when he went out of the country (the viagra thing) that he would be unable to leave the US “safely” until after the 2008 election. Wonder if he’s staying put until 2012.


48 posted on 01/28/2009 11:22:47 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal imigration)
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To: penelopesire

Stalinists lie. Always. And quite openly.

This is just another partisan smear. And the Pravda Media won’t raise this on tonight’s news. They all know about it by now.


49 posted on 01/28/2009 11:23:51 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Obama thinks spending tax $ on abortions in Mexico helps more than controlling illegal imigration)
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To: a fool in paradise

Not that’s what I’M talkin’ about.

They should hire you!


50 posted on 01/28/2009 11:28:41 AM PST by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: coneocon

Bump to the top

hope and change hope and change hope and change


51 posted on 01/28/2009 11:36:30 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
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To: a fool in paradise

Not = Now

sigh


52 posted on 01/28/2009 11:39:18 AM PST by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: Liberty Valance

Bumping this to the top.


53 posted on 03/09/2009 10:24:03 PM PDT by denydenydeny ("I'm sure this goes against everything youÂ’ve been taught, but right and wrong do exist"-Dr House)
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