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AVID Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 06:15 AM
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This * Medals Thing - Preaching to the Choir
Even if CNN, Faux, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, Telemundo, HGTV, ET, VH1, MTV, (even WB) ran this story 24/7, who is going to be impressed. Both SBVT and the * Medal initiative are preaching to the choir.

It doesn't matter. Mosquitoes are being swatted by the candidates and pundits while hell on earth (IRAQ) burns, American patients are being fleeced by Medicare fraud and pharmaceutical price gouging, schools are broke (already money tight parents are supplying teachers closets through bogus "supply lists" at Walmart, full-time working parents struggle to pay for gas, food, and lodging, and on and on and on.


Where are the embedded "journalists" now? Oh Yea - in the bunk beds on the campaign bus watching old video reels of the Vietnam war.

A pathetic campaign is unraveling before our eyes.

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union_maid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 06:19 AM
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1. That's one way to look at it
I look at it as an important part of the battle against Bush. He gets what he wants, including invading countries, by using these techniques. Kerry is fighting back and if his fight is successful it will have accomplished more than scoring points in his own campaign.
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No Mandate Here. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 06:21 AM
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2. The whole game is getting more voices.
One of the reasons the Mormon Tabernacle choir is so impressive is its size. It sure beats our little country church's choir that has seven women and a guy who can almost sing.

Yes, the campoaign has sunk to *'s level. If enough people see this, perhaps we can help bring it up.
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AVID Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 06:24 AM
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3. I hope you are correct.
Bring it up! Indeed!
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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 06:38 AM
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4. It's also preaching to the few who are undecided.

Have you seen the new SmearVets ad? It's very effective. Every time they show it on the news, I get depressed, because it hurts Kerry. And the counterattacks aren't tough enough yet.

Yeah, the Kerry campaign is playing brilliant chess. :eyes:
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AVID Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 06:52 AM
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5. Are undecided Americans on Crack?
. . . or still hypnotized by "The Passion" and Terra alerts?
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 07:36 AM
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6. This isn't about V.N.
or Swift Boats, it's about the CONSISTENT BRAZEN LYING, no matter WHO is injured in the process. The Iraq invasion (just like Viet Nam) was based on BRAZEN LIES that EVRYONE but Americans could immediately identify as the rotting, putrid fishheads they were. Iraq is imploding as Americans have yet to deal with the LIES that are raping and brutalizing a people half a world away.

The wounds of V.N. never healed. Just go to any homeless shelter if you need proof. Today the LIES of *political operatives masquerading as patriots who served their country have scraped the scab raw and bloody.
Thousands of Vets are reliving their traumas of 35 years ago. All this to cover for a *pansy who never even showed up, but has the audacity to wear ribbons he DID NOT EARN. It's not about the ribbons. It's about the LIES.
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