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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:06 AM
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Sink to their Level...or make them Rise to OURS?
let's face it, the mean ol' bastards in the g.o.p. have some nasty tactics, and they are working very well right now.

we should be learning by now that they will always take the low road, with dirty tricks, smears, lies, bullying, etc. and when it's suggested that we get down into the mud with them to defeat them, someone always chimes in with 'let's not sink to their level', or, 'we're better than that'. which is true.

so, by holding back and turning the other cheek at every insult, our team is losing. fighting back would be a good start, but non violently, like that wonderful 'at long last do you have no shame' line. that one sentence brought down the commie witch trials of joe mc carthy.

the g.o.p. focuses in on their enemy, smears him, makes him look like a liar, embarrasses him, digs up every single sin from his past.
they did it to Bill, they did it to John Kerry, they'd do it to Jesus Christ himself i swear.

why can't WE use that simple tactic on george bush? dig up his past, needle him, harangue him, embarrass him, expose him, trip him up, catch him in a perjury trap, confront him, and impeach him?

why?

because, we won't sink to their level. well dammit, if we won't sink to their level then let's force them to rise to ours.

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bushisanidiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:12 AM
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1. They also did it to Gary Condit, Gray Davis, and Tom Daschle
they went WAY out of their way to destroy their political careers...

Playing "nice" makes us look like wimps while the repukes false accusations get all the airwaves. So, in my opinion.. "Ann" Coulter's adams apple is FUCKING FAIR GAME!!!!

So is AWOL Bush's playdates with Jeff Gannon..
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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:13 AM
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2. bush ain't made of teflon, so...
the only way he's getting away with it is, they are all in on it.
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:17 AM
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3. Those photos of "Bareback" Bush with Jeff Gannon are a lie!
Edited on Thu Apr-21-05 06:17 AM by rfranklin
C'mon guys, this is a fantasy. Democrats don't have the power to investigate anything. Without that, there is no way to nail Bush or any other Republican. They have to do it to themselves.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:25 AM
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4. We can't get the media to cover it
They are afraid they will lose legislation favoring them if they covered any accusation we level.
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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:29 AM
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5. they're in on it
or it wouldn't have gotten this bad. the media is part and parcel of the nazi plan.
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:49 AM
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6. imo - we've been Christ-like lo these many years.....
Edited on Thu Apr-21-05 06:49 AM by MsTryska
and it hasn't worked because republicans have no shame. They're that gross type of alleged christian that goes for the jugular regardless of you're behavior to them.

You can try killing them with kindness, but it's not nearly as effective as just killing them period.
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Mend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 06:56 AM
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7. A lot of independents I know say they despise
the Democrats because they won't fight back. The perception is that our party can't defend America because it can't defend itself. Michael Moore showed with F911 that we can effectively rip republicans and people will listen but one man is not enough.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 07:30 AM
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8. How are these
independents voting?
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Mend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 04:36 PM
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10. voted for Nader in 2000 and voted for Kerry in 2004
but scream in frustration to me that Dems won't fight, yadda, yadda. I say the media won't show our side but they think we are always bending over backwards. Actually they all sound like Bart Cop.
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Ironpost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 08:06 AM
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9. snakes have only one direction to go
and that is down, we are NOT snakes
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