Rush Limbaugh and his cronies are despicable. He can’t even seem to apologize properly for assuming that Michael J Fox was acting in his recent political commercials.
“So I will bigly, hugely admit that I was wrong, and I will apologize to Michael J. Fox, if I am wrong in characterizing his behavior on this commercial as an act, especially since people are telling me they have seen him this way on other interviews and in other television appearances.”
Start sharpening your sword, Rush. You’re about to fall on it.
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Via Crooks & Liars, Keith Olbermann’s most recent commentary on the new Republican fearmongering ad.
This is one of Olbermann’s best commentaries yet. Some of his more recent have been a little too shrill and harsh for me, but he nails this one right to the floor.
Something to ponder:
The dictionary definition of the word ‘terrorize’ is simple and not open to misinterpretation: “To fill or overpower with terror; terrify; coerce by intimidation or fear.” Note please that the words ‘violence’ and ‘death’ are missing from that definition. For the key to terrorism is not the act-but the fear of the act. That is why bin Laden and his deputies and his imitators are forever putting together videotape statements and releasing virtual infomercials with dire threats and heart-stopping warnings.
But why is the Republican Party imitating them? Bin Laden puts out what amounts to a commercial of fear; the Republicans put out what is unmistakable as a commercial of fear.
Why indeed? It worked for them in 2004 and they’re counting on it working in 2006. The only way to counter a tactic like this is to reject it and get rational about what’s really important in this election — balancing an out-of-control paranoid administration with a counter-voice of reason.
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Dave Winer wants to know why we can’t “have an election where we talk about something other than Karl Rove’s marketing slogan.”
The Rove Marketing Slogan is “Surrender and wave the white flag.”
Now why would we want to do that? Particularly now? Dave’s right — it’s a classic avoidance technique to distract from the real issues that we SHOULD be talking about, which is why engaging in this conversation is fruitless. What makes sense is for the Democrats to LEAD on issues and toss out some innovative and maybe even controversial ideas for voters to consider. AND talk about.
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It seems that Republicans behind in the polls or behaving badly magically turn into Democrats. Really, someone ought to be spanked for being so blatantly subliminal. Technorati Tags: fox news,…
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Via Crooks & Liars, Keith Olbermann’s most recent commentary on the new Republican fearmongering ad.
This is one of Olbermann’s best commentaries yet. Some of his more recent have been a little too shrill and harsh for me, but he nails this one right to the floor.
Something to ponder:
Why indeed? It worked for them in 2004 and they’re counting on it working in 2006. The only way to counter a tactic like this is to reject it and get rational about what’s really important in this election — balancing an out-of-control paranoid administration with a counter-voice of reason.
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