PLEASE STOP!

[montana500]

Please stop watching Scarborough, Hannity! Please stop listening to Limbaugh and reading Drudge, then posting here in a freaked out panic!


Why? Why watch that shit? It's like pouring salt into a wound.

[takumi]

1. I AGREE - - - It's Nothing But Poisonous Drivel!

[Robbien]

2. Most of those posters are Bushbots who are trying to discourage DUers

It is a very obvious ploy

[shelley806]

3. I don't watch or listen to any of the above Lunatics

[sister moon]

4. I go to the newshounds website

www.newshounds.us
Their motto is "We watch Fox so you don't have to"

[Green Mountain Dem]

5. I find this attitude very....

strange...for years we (Dems) have always been behind the curve, so to speak, in our ability to "debunk" potential future talking points before they do maximum damage. Thanks to the internet we are now able to "rapid respond" to any of the things being spewed on radio or any other type of media, and maybe nip some of these things in the bud. I listen to Limpballs on the radio while streaming Al Franken and CNN is on in the background on TV. I can immediately respond to any crap I hear that I feel is total BS and post the info on appropriate sites. It was this very approach that stopped Sinclair in their fuckin tracks last week...now is not the time to act like an ostrich..we did that..DIDN'T WORK !!!

[Robbien]

7. Debunking can be done without all the screaming despair threads

Those who say they are trying to debunk by screaming doom and gloom have ulterior motives which has nothing to do with debunking.

[Green Mountain Dem]

10. I do not scream doom and gloom....

but being from the State where someone did scream and was vilified by the media for doing it...I am aware of the consequences. I prefer to inform and react to a negative situation in a positive manner. I have said Kerry in a fuckin lanslide since August. I am not threatened by doomsayers and I try to enlighten those who are with the facts....I win some and I lose a few but I will keep trying.

[ksoze]

6. Disagree...

The only way to counter BS is to know what is being said. If you did not know about Rush, Hannity, etc. you would assume that Kerry would get 100% of the vote.

I hate those shows, but to beat the enemy you have to understand them and to help inform voters you ned toknow the crap they hear all day. The desperation in their tone is also a boost - you can smell the fear as every day goes by that these fools will be eating crow.

[Robbien]

Understanding the enemy can be done without spreading doom

Titles such as
"Oh no we are screwed! Look at what the rabid right is saying about us"

versus

"Rush is so stupid to say such and such. Help me debunk"

Now tell me which one was written by the Bushbot.

[mongo]

8. But it's such good "irritainment"

That would be entertainment to make one irritated.

[sister moon]

14. LOL

Irritainment. I like that.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. sick enough that some read that garbage but don't add to the darkness

nor validate them by posting it here...thanking you all in advance :7

[henslee]

11. Please stop posting hysterical vague subject lines.

[johnnyrocket]

12. But the poison is out there, and it's hurting America!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. I Watch Them To Do Op Ed Research

and to see what the enemy has in store...


To do otherwise is stupid and potentially suicidal...

[montana500]

16. so...

watching Frank Luntz on Scarborough talk about how horrible Kerry is doing and then posting it is planning against enemy attacks?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. I Would Only Post It To Debunk It...

Obviously Frank Luntz is cherrypicking polls to give the image of an impending Bush victory...

How do we counteract it or does it not need counteracting ?


See...

[Meshuga]

15. Amen!

Stop watching cable news and talk radio all together and people are going to live a much better life. Besides we are not going to be giving these creeps any ratings. It's a win-win situations if we stop watching that crap.

[onecitizen]

17. You're right

I think we should give MSNBC and CNN(Faux goes without saying) the Sinclair treatment. We see what we can do when we put our minds to it. But we all have to be on the same page.

These "news" shows do not care WHY you watch. Just that you DO watch. Love 'em or hate 'em, they don't give a rat's ass.

[DefenseLawyer]

18. I agree that it's drivel

and no one should panic when they read it. But most of the time when that stuff is posted here it is hardly met with panic, on the contrary it gets laughed down and cut to shreds. That dissection of their nonsense can be helpful when DUers go out in the world and face wingnuts trying to make these lame arguments.