Cheney and Fear

[Cary]

A great letter to the editor of The Chicago Trib today:

"If there's one thing the Bush administration has taught us, it's that no ploy is too cynical, too blatant or too flat-out desperate if the president's numbers are in need of a quick jolt. If there's another thing it has taught us, it's that any such ploy will most likely come from Vice President Dick Cheney.

"Fearmongering comes naturally to Cheney, and the remarks he delivered at a recent Iowa campaign stop most likely gave him no pause whatsoever:. . . This is more than just shrill campaign rhetoric: It is anathema to the principles of democracy itself, and it leads one to wonder what, if anything, democracy actually means to Cheney and the Bush campaign.

"No terrorist organization has the power to destroy the Untied States. Other attacks may be carried out against us on our soil, and some may succeed, but Al Qaeda will never fly a flag over the dome of the Capitiol; the Iraqi insurgency will never force Congress to swear a loyalty oath. The only ones with the power to topple American civilization are Americans, and we can do it by falling for a seductive and dangerous bargain: by trading our freedom for safety.

"Benjamin Franklin famously remarked, those willing to trade liberty for security deserve neither. . .

Dan Wiencek, Riverside

[Joylaughter]

1. Again

Cheney said of the voters' choice in the coming presidential election: "If we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again, that we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States." This assertion was not only false and defamatory; it was irrational.

[LisaLynne]

2. I've been ...

trying to say that for a long time, but I have never come close to that level of eloquence! That dude rules!

[bigpathpaul]

3. Fear and Hate Sell

Unfortunately, people have an emotional reaction to these sort of attacks.
There are 2 ads on my site at http://www.bigpath.net that directly address fear and hate as Republican campaign tactics. Smaller versions are shown below, but high-resolution PDF and JPEG versions are available for free download at the site. I encourage everyone to forward, print, hand out and otherwise distribute them.

[dweller]

4. Welcome to DU bigpathpaul!

:hi:

great posters, good looking site too. Am downloading them now.

dp

[bigpathpaul]

5. Cheney Ads and Posters

Hi Dweller. Thanks for the welcome. It's great to be among friends.
Anything you can do to help me get the word out about these signs/ads/posters (I still don't know what to call them) would be immensely helpful!

As you know, I'm a newbie here, so not sure about best way to spread the word on these things.

I'm already working a 60+ hour-a-week job, plus trying to write, design and post these things in my free time.

[dweller]

7. your post count

is probably high enough now to start your own threads, so maybe a post in Activism, GD04 with your site and some examples of the ads/posters, etc. will get more looks.

good luck
dp

[newyawker99]

6. Hi bigpathpaul!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[bigpathpaul]

10. Are people this nice on GOP discussion boards?

I love this place!

[Cary]

12. People are very nice here.

Indeed.

I fear our niceness and reasonableness have put us at a disadvantage.

[calimary]

9. Welcome to DU! VERY nice debut!

Whee! A rhyme!

Good to have you weighing in - especially so visually!

[young_at_heart]

8. Fear...........brain changes (check out Google, etc.)

The Republicans have fine-tooled the ability to manipulate people with fear. Using fear to gain power is unbelievably devious and is of course, "bulllying" behavior. The Rush Limbaugh's of this country see nothing wrong with doing this, however!

[Cary]

11. Half and partial truths.

Those are also part of their unbelievably devious behavior.

[leesa]

13. And here's why...

http://www.luver.org/suesupriano/mp3s/MikeRuppert.mp3