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Sperk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 08:39 AM
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Kerry and MoveOn are not using their best ad material
Why don't they just show all of the full page ads by scientists, noble prize economists and lawyers who have protested * policies?
They should also educate the people on all the top officials who have resigned in protest over the last few years.
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Alpharetta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 08:41 AM
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1. resigned in protest?
The Republicans would say they "resigned to spend more time with their family".
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JPJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 08:43 AM
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2. I'm sure they will
but the two areas where he's getting slammed now are Swift Boat Veterans and 'Sensitive'. The 'sensitive' one could be debunked with ads showing Bush use the word (a la Jon Stewart). I don't know what the DNC or the 527s are doing.
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volosong Donating Member (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 08:44 AM
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3. Kerry Not Aggressive Enough
You got me why they are playing the punching bag.

God knows, the media will not spread the message so if the voters are to hear it, Kerry and you and I must do it.

Kerry should do as you suggest; and we, should spread his message by writing to our local newspapers and by joining the Kerry Media.

This is a great media link: http://congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/

Kerry Media Corps: http://www.johnkerry.com/mediacorps/

My letter on Media Bias:

NEWS MEDIA SUFFOCATING DEMOCRACY

It is evident that the honored and traditional roles of the reporter and news services are dead. Out of the ashes of the golden age of journalism, an anemic albatross rather than a phoenix has risen.

Empowered yet impotent, timid reporters repeatedly fail to challenge and expose the duplicities of ALL our political leaders. When Bush split his crotch on Kerry’s war record, no one seemed to notice. An objective examination of the Bush blabbers shows 2-5 times more flips than Kerry. Many regard Bush as a total FLOP whose stupid policies are killing people and wasting billions while Americans are suffering.

Kerry-Edwards were greeted by the largest crowd in Portland history estimated between 40,000-60,000. This was ignored by most major US news services. Instead, we saw Bush with a crowd of invited guests, many looking embalmed, listening while Bush stammered and slandered.

If you don't know for whom to vote, all you have to do is look in your wallet, and then look into the eyes of your children. Do you want four more years of a man (who in my opinion has a “cognitive disorder” and is unfit), who has his hands in your pocketbook, his finger on the nuclear trigger, and his head down kissing up to big business and corporate polluters all at your expense?

The third party candidate is effectively not Nader, but the media who are in fact running as a “parasitic appendage” prostituting themselves to Bush in the manner of John McCain. The result is the loss of journalistic integrity, a violation of the public trust, and suffocation of democracy.

I am a veteran and a gun owner. I am not formally affiliated with any candidate. What is notable is not my Doctorate in Political Science, or my Medical Degree, but the fact that I am old enough to remember when reporters and news services used to be a class act: They were aggressive, incisive, and fair instead of playing the court jesters and palace eunuchs.

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Catt03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 08:53 AM
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4. Great letter
[]"The third party candidate is effectively not Nader, but the media who are in fact running as a “parasitic appendage” prostituting themselves to Bush in the manner of John McCain. The result is the loss of journalistic integrity, a violation of the public trust, and suffocation of democracy."

Like this statement.
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chuck555 Donating Member (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 09:38 AM
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5. Ask them,
We don't know.
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against all enemies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:17 AM
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6. The Dems should just use the Daily Show for their ads.
Edited on Sun Aug-15-04 10:17 AM by istherehope
Smart, slick, funny, and true. Already saw one they took from TDS on "we've turned the corner", it was great.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-15-04 10:36 AM
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7. Trifecta, Trifecta, Trifecta......
There is a Lot of audio from his stump speeches out there where he used that offensive statement over and over. It is time to use it against him... :grr:
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