Raw scorn and ridicule as a political strategy...
LoZoccolo
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Sun Nov-07-04 04:21 PM
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Raw scorn and ridicule as a political strategy...
...is just what I'd expect from people who sit on their asses all day and whine on the Internet. See ya later, I think I'm gonna go get some stuff done this afternoon!
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Sun Nov-07-04 04:31 PM
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1. Apparently, you've never read Jonathan Swift.
He was quite effective in doing just that--which is why he was hired by the Right! They told him afterwards that he was the only person they were afraid of....
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Sun Nov-07-04 04:33 PM
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2. Thomas Nast destroyed Boss Tweede with cartoons
just with sarcastic cartoons.
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Sun Nov-07-04 04:47 PM
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3. Precisely. As Mark Twain wisely noted...
"Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand." It may be the single most effective weapon we have--which is why it should be employed against Karl Rove.
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Sun Nov-07-04 04:56 PM
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4. Where's that pic of the gang of thieves
on Halloween, when they are dressed up like 'hunters'? Rove looked like the biggest twerp on the planet in that fur hat with the ear muffs.
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Sun Nov-07-04 05:04 PM
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5. i love the "just" in your post
cartooning was the 19th century version of CNN/Faux all rolled into one.
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Sun Nov-07-04 05:16 PM
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...ever, funny. It seems to kill many a good sense of humor. Except for Lewis Black, of course.
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