Lie, Cheat and Steal the Election.
Some people, without naming names, think that the Democrats should get over their need to constantly be on the moral high ground so that they could win a national office for once.
I disagree, the ends do not justify the means. Using smear tactics is not acceptable. It cheapens the process. It demeans the voter. It weakens the positions that the candidate using these tactics profess to believe in.
At some point, people will realize the deceptions.
For the record, I am not advocating smear tactics. And while in a so-called moral grey area people like the swiftvets (even if everyones favorite scapegoat Rove is behind them)
haven't stolen or even verifiably lied as far as I can tell...
My observation is that the democrats constantly point their fingers at the republicans saying "look at what they did! Look at what they did! That's not fair!" instead of focusing more time and energy on their own physical platform.
Not to cheapen the debate or oversimplify the political future of our country, but it does remind me of a popular comedy film from the '80s It brings to mind the scene where Ferris Bueller's sister is bitching to Charlie Sheen about everything Ferris gets away with. the response being that she'd do a better service to herself if she focused more on what she was doing and less on telling on her little brother.
That being said, the Dems do spend too much time complaining about the dirt. You have to worry about the stuff you can control. How could Kerry control the media coverage of August though? It was completely hijacked by the SBVT claims. The Ferris Bueller analogy is a good one. Maybe Kerry has started to do the right thing this week, in my eyes, which is to pound Bush on Iraq.
It goes back to this, if Bush can only be re-elected if the voter is kept away from the reality of Iraq, the reality of the economy and the reality of the so-called war on terror what does that say about his policies?
Maybe it's my worrying that people will take the SBVT claims at face value, and Rich et al. are worried that people will believe the B.Boys without critical thought. We should stop worrying about other people...
Bald faced lies from the SBVT are not the same as a statement of opinion from the B. Boys.
I hope you guys dont think Im a right wing gun nut in love with the swifties.... however, I just get curious about stuff and I need to ask questions just as you all do....
Well, everyone except Adrock. He already knows all this stuff.
2) I am willing to cede that when Cheney says, "A Kerry presidency will lead to another terrible terrorist attack," and "The Kerry campaign is undermining our work in Iraq," he has the right to say it. He is just trying to win an election and build his campaign.
3) I am willing to cede that when Bush, his brother, and the neo-con Hawks stopped the Florida recounts, they were simply playing politics, and their halt of democracy was a valliant effort to get into the white house.
Well, I find it funny that these exact ideas were being thrown around Germany in 1932 and 1933, and things didn't go so well. Oh wait, Rich, is that still unfair?
MoveOn PAC, the 527, streneously opposed the ad and did not, does not endorse the message. The idea that it actively endorsed that message is another false claim by the Bushies. Their failing was to have a lousy submission process for advertisements.
Apparently, however, people like the creators of the ad and dawnbixtler don't think the comparison is much of a stretch.
For me personally, its hard to believe, but if people want to call Bush a muss murdering dictator, have at it. I'm pretty confident it wont hold water.
No, not in 1932!
"Move On.org had the the brillant idea of allowing people to post stuff depicting Bush as Hitler, No?"
The First Amendment had this brilliant idea. I can post stuff depicting Bush as Hitler in millions of places. But everyone knows moveon.org did not support this sentiment (whether its valid or not), so why bother bringing it up? Again the GOP clouding of the facts!!!!!