C-SPAN says it is Pres. Bush against the world !

[kentuck]

Basically, that is what they say with their phone lines. One line is set up for "Democrats". One line is set up for "Others". And the the third line is most specific - it is set up for "Supporters of Pres. Bush".

So, by their interpretation, it is Pres. Bush against the world. They could set it up to say "Republicans" or they could set it up to say "Supporters of John Kerry" but they choose not to. Just a point that bothers me.... :)

[seemslikeadream]

1. American Ali Baba: George W. Bush and the Stealing of America

I just read this and thought I'd share


Manuel Valenzuela, American Ali Baba: George W. Bush and the Stealing of America, January 25, 2004
By Manuel Valenzuela
Jan 25, 2004, 01:23

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The term Ali Baba can also be borrowed by us to anoint onto our President, (with no insult intended towards the original Ali Baba) for he has wreaked havoc onto our nation, stealing, plundering and decimating so much of what we have in this rich and powerful nation. George W. Bush, Ali Baba. Ali Baba, George W. Bush. Thief, liar, debauched inheritor of dishonor and nefarious consciousness. Creator of an unbalanced world, yielding arrogance, ignorance and apathy, spawning unnecessary hardship at home and throughout the world, smirking and strutting from fund raiser to fund raiser, raping our lands, waters and air, leaving everyone behind, robbing our nation’s wallets of its treasure, its loved ones for his wars.

American Ali Baba has stolen America from each of us, 285 million Americans, of all creeds, colors and beliefs. He has stolen what we once were, our way of being, our high hopes and vision, the bright flame of idealism that once lit and inspired a world and the collective fraternity of a world sympathetic to the horrors of 9/11. What once enlivened the people of the world to make our shores their home has been trashed. What at one point was the country boasting the greatest liberties and freedoms now suppresses each more every day. The bastion of democracy, the espouser of human rights, the altruistic leader of nations has given way instead to a malignant cancer spawning deadly tumors throughout the planet.

The virus that was born in November 2000 has spread its deadly pathogens from coast to coast, robbing us of America, from sea to shining sea, from the tallest peak to the lowest valley, from the largest city to the smallest town. We are slowly hemorrhaging to death; the sickness we have been infected with grows stronger while we become weaker. American Ali Baba’s hands of perpetuating failure have clenched our country tightly, sucking away our energy and vitality, slowly despoiling yet another entity that has had the misfortune of being touched by his grasp of death.

For three years our spirit has been drying up, resembling the dry river beds now common thanks to global warming; the drought, the curse of American Ali Baba is upon us, condemning us all. It has enveloped us as our stupor continues unawakened, ever dormant, allowing the thief to continue his pillage and his cronies the power to ceaselessly leach our pockets of everything that once belonged to our collective being. Will we ever awake? Or will our eyes next open when the backbone and flesh of what America once stood for is gone, forever decayed, remaining but brief sentences in the short life of the Pax Americana?

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http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_4820.shtml

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Hold On, Kentuck

They have already said that once Kerry gets sufficient votes to guarantee the nomination, they will change the number designation to "Supporters of Sen. Kerry". They have said it several times in response to callers who have brought up your question on air.

Since Kerry is the de facto nominee, guaranteed nomination or not, they could have done it already, but their reason for waiting is at least logical.

The Professor

[redqueen]

8. That doesn't seem to hold up IMO

Simple logic dictates that in order to avoid the appearance of bias, both terms should be as equal as possible. If what you were saying were geniuine, then why would they not word it as 'supporters of pres bush' and 'supporters of democrats' or 'supporters of the democratic party' or 'supporters of a democratic nominee'?

[parasim]

3. I know what you mean...

I always wondered why they didn't just have 2 lines:

Us and Them

or

"Those for us"
"Those against us"

[kentuck]

4. Yeah...

:)

[Jackpine Radical]

14. How about

Patriots for Bush
versus
Traitors & Raghead Sympathizers

[smirkymonkey]

5. Or more accurately...

the World against pResident Bush*.

He's the most hated man on the planet.

[Ganja Ninja]

6. They could have done it with two lines.

One line for SANE people and one line for people who support Bush.

[Mountainman]

7. You could almost tape a Bush supporter's rant and play it

over and over instead of having different callers. It would still come out the same way.


"I'm a Bush supporter and I think he is doing a great job. I'm so glad we have Christian in the White House now. I'm tied of all these liberals calling in to bash our great president."

[LeahMira]

10. True enough.

It would still come out the same way.
"I'm a Bush supporter and I think he is doing a great job. I'm so glad we have Christian in the White House now. I'm tied of all these liberals calling in to bash our great president."

LOL! They do begin to sound alike, don't they?

Never any reasons... never any specifics as to why... just blind support.

:boring:

[SoCalDem]

12. Yep.. I am surprised that they don't cut Rush off..

He disguises his voice and calls every other call:evilgrin:

Perhaps they could get more calls in, if they just had a tape feed of his talking points and they could just play a snippet after every sane caller :)

It would save on the freeps' phone bills too :)

[Lou_C]

9. They never do that do they?

It's always that way and c-span is just as bias as any other network except we get to voice our opinions once in while.

[SoCalDem]

13. The 50-50 Lie

50-50 lies

[Lou_C]

15. C-Span cuts it into 3 ways with 2 lines positive for *

I agree it's not 50/50.

[Cat Atomic]

11. I think it's more akin to papers asking for pro-Bush letters.

After all, alot of Republicans despise Bush. This way they can be sure to get some vocal goose-stepping Bush fans on the air.