Dems plan to undermine America to beat Bush
CapitolHillBlue ^ | January 6, 2003 | By DOUG THOMPSON
Posted on 01/28/2003 2:07 AM EST by JohnHuang2
Democrats plan to undermine public confidence in President George W. Bush by challenging his credibility and raising doubts about America, sources within the party tell Capitol Hill Blue.
A multi-pronged attack against Republicans and the President will focus not only on economic issues, but question American values, raise doubts about how this country is viewed by other nations and question the patriotism of Bush and his party.
The extensive campaign, developed by senior Democratic consultants and party leaders, was launched last week with attacks on the Bush economic plan by Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Richard Gephardt.
In coming weeks, Democratic elected officials will question the President’s intentions on the pending war with Iraq. Writers and broadcasters friendly to the Democratic cause have already been provided talking points suggesting the war is about oil, not terrorism. “The talking points were developed before the end of last year and sent out to operatives and friendly media,” one Democratic consultant confided. “No Democratic member of Congress will question the President’s patriotism openly but we will use the media and other surrogates to raise doubts.”
Capitol Hill Blue obtained a copy of the talking points when the Democratic National Committee sent them to a news outlet recently acquired by CHB’s parent company. The talking points outline a strategy to raise public doubts of the President’s real intentions, including: --Saying the war is about oil and will be fought to benefit oil companies that have long supported Bush and the Republican party;
--Claiming the Bush administration has “manufactured” evidence against Saddam Hussein and used that evidence to encourage Britain and other allies to join the American fight against Iraq;
--Suggesting a wartime economy is the only way the administration can revive the country’s lagging economic situation.
“It is clear that the current approval ratings of the administration are tied directly to strong American feelings toward traditional values,” the talking points say. “To counter this, doubt must be raised as to America’s true position within the world community and the true intent of the Bush administration in waging war.”
Some Democrats admit privately they are uneasy with the party strategy to undermine American values in an attempt to get Bush.
“My boss doesn’t want anything to do with it,” one senior Senate aide told Capitol Hill Blue on Monday. “You don’t undermine this country to win elections.” Others, however, are willing to try anything to put the White House and Congress back under Democratic control. “The real war isn’t in Iraq,” one Democratic consultant said. “It’s right here at home, at the ballot box in 2004.”
Among the other points Democrats hope to make in the coming weeks:
--Both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are controlled by oil and defense industry special interest groups.
--The war on terrorism is a failure because Osama bin Laden is still at large.
--America is unprepared for another terrorist attack because of White House preoccupation with Iraq. --War will increase the country’s economic woes. --Bush will be forced to raise taxes to finance the war.
“It’s time to take the battle to the people and make them understand just how dangerous George W. Bush’s policies are to the future of America,” the talking points conclude.
Democratic sources say the talking points were developed by Democratic Chairman Terry McAuliffe, former Clinton campaign strategist James Carville, Senate Majority Leader Daschle and former House Democratic Leader Gephardt.
“This is a classic, Jim Carville, scorched earth campaign,” crows one DNC staffer. “Take no prisoners. That’s how you win elections.” Democratic party spokesmen would not return phone calls seeking comment on this report.
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The article was written in January. The war began in March. Unless Mr. Thompson had ESP, the (continuing) press coverage nails the DNC-press and validates Mr. Thompson's claims here. Oh, I see the democrats and the media doing just what Thompson's article predicted that they would do. I'm just saying that I don't know if Thompson's source even exists. For all I know, he could have made a prediction based on how the 'rats operate.
As for the credibility of Doug Thompson, why is every mainstream reporter who chose to parrot Doug's "Uranium" article any more credible? Indeed, the mainstream reporters have been lying about our efforts in Iraq from day one. UN-credible!
They're not more credible. None of them are.
I try to always be skeptical of unnamed sources, whether they come down on my side or not. As for Doug Thompson, I'm more than skeptical of any of his unnamed sources, and his named sources as well.
Yeah, the Dems. are busy creating mischief again. Surprise. There are
real scandals out there - multiple cases of very bad behavior by US elected officials (and XXX42s) who are selling out America for partisan power's sake during wartime. Whether it's
Hillary Clinton pledging her loyalty (and that of her party) to Old Europe and
dissing our CIC in front of a German audience, or
her hubby meeting with current world leaders,
criticizing Bush foreign policy, or - the BIGGEST daily scandal of the past 4 months: the DNC-press intentionally
undermining our efforts in Iraq by
hyping the bad and ignoring the good - continuing to
terrorizing a longsuffering people and
endanger our troops while giving comfort to the
enemy - all to destroy a sitting President and win back political power. SCANDALOUS.
If these left-wing wankers still don't get it, if they can't handle 4 months of difficult, important steady progress in Iraq, how can they possibly think we'd entrust them with our national security for 4 days, never mind 4 years.
Anyone familiar with Saddam Hussein's past and recent history who doubts that he was working to acquire WMDs is living in La La land.
MIDEAST VICTORY
The New York Post ^| July 14, 2003 | RALPH PETERS
A question of guilt (Brit. skewers R. Cook and defends the US of A)
http://politics.guardian.co.uk ^ | 7/13/03 | Nick Cohen
In conclusion (FRANCE DNC-PRESS (O.K., + France)):
