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  • Vanity: On Being Media Savvy - 2007

    07/29/2007 6:04:47 AM PDT · by dougd · 18 replies · 494+ views
    7/29/2007 | Douglas DeFoe
    The MSM is trying out, and unfortunately succeeding with - even here at FR and in the blogosphere, a propoganda trick of burying their real lie amidst 'chaff' when trying to destroy conservative candidacies, policies and unity. The two examples I give here relate to Fred Thompson only because, as a federalist, I have been following his trek a little more closely. However, I am sure that others can give examples for all MSM targets. The first example was the "lobbying" for abortion charge. They built so much 'chaff' into that story that everyone seems to have missed their real...
  • "A man is known by the company he keeps" CALLING ALL FREEPERS!

    08/06/2000 2:35:14 PM PDT · by dougd
    George W. Bush | week of 8/6/00 | George W. Bush
    Dubya has been using the phrase "A man is known by the company he keeps." much more this past week since the convention. I have to admit it barely registered with me until this morning when someone used the phrase again on a thread relating to Sunday Talk Shows, referring to a Gore spokescreature. Fellow FReepers, if we can help make this a National catch-phrase this week before LA, Gore will be handed a convention plummet. Let's get out the 'spoke' to every talk show, letters to the editor, conversation about the office, etc. etc.
  • Re-Assertion of Sovereignty

    06/26/2000 12:47:09 AM PDT · by dougd · 130+ views
    self | 6-26-00
    The Following, for anyone who may be interested in participating, is a Request for Comments. It is an attempt to discern the current 'spiritual and philosophical' State of the Union. Specifically, to determine for how many citizens the 'Evils' they may suffer under our present Government are no longer 'sufferable' and for those who decide they are no longer 'sufferable,' what remedy they would then espouse and to which would be willing to dedicate and 'mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.' After considerable reflection on the matter, my opinion is that we have ...