Need your help in creating a viral smear email campaign against McSame.

[SoonerPride]

I grow weary of the constant barrage of "Obama is a Secret Muslim" or "Obama will Enslave the White Race" or "Obama is the anti-Christ" smear emails.

I've seen numerous threads on this site of replies to these and other and such bile. They are usually far too cogent and witty and well written to have any chance of being read or understood by the people who send out such idiocy AND believe it to be true "because they read it on the internets."

Well, I'm drawing a line in the sand.

No more.

It's time we fight fire with fire.

"McCain is a Manchurian Candidate" or "McCain is a Disney Animatronic Robot Gone Berserk"

Submit your replies below. Then we'll email the best one(s) to everyone in America.

Don't forget to wear your tinfoil hat AND make as many grammatical and spelling errors as needed to lend it an air of just enough outside the loop to possibly be true.

I look forward to your creative responses!

**on edit**

I'm looking for humor and creative replies here, not so much a "realisitic smear campaign," but something funny............

Man you people are sticks in the mud

:(

"John McCain had sex with Anna Nicole Smith"
"John McCain used to be a woman"
"John McCain is really 82 years old and his Birth Certificate is a fake."

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Just explain that any adult man who calls his wife

the 'c' word in public isn't worthy of running for Dog Catcher. Family Values? Yeah, right.

[izzybeans]

3. But that's not a smear, you speak the truth.

[Tarc]

5. Well, that is a better avenue to take here; go with the truth

This idea of producing "counter-smears" is childish and unproductive. Go with the simple truth.

[SoonerPride]

8. Oh, but it's terribly fun.

And there are enough low info voters who decide on smear emails that it indeed can have an effect.

They don't want "truth" - they want juicy rumors and stupid gossip.

[JuniperLea]

50. Amen!

Absolutely! Leave the lies to the GOP... Grand Old Prevaricators!

Now THERE is a meme to start!


Grand Old Prevaricators!

[Midlodemocrat]

Exactly. And speaking the truth will set us free from Rethuglican rule.

You can't argue with McCain's insanity, (although I did see two stickers here today, ugh)

And, we need to keep the picture of McCain and Bush hugging in the media, on tee-shirts, on bumper stickers as much as we can because the people in this country want change. They don't want another doddering, blithering idiot in the WH.

[izzybeans]

12. Too true. I never believed any of our candidates stood a chance

to lose against any of the Republicans they were putting up against us. McCain was perhaps their weakest candidate, in a field of turds.

[JuniperLea]

51. Yes! Keep all those things in the public eye!

Freeway Blogger! Calling Freeway Blogger!

Caption that Bush/McCain picture:

Grand Old Prevaricators!

[SoonerPride]

6. Oh, but we need to see this letter!

"John McCain thinks his wife is a Cunt. Should she be our first Lady?"

Cloud the subject as to whether he was referring to his current scrawny death peddling drug addled wife or not. Provide some citations, but not from primary sources, but blogs and links to other whackadoodle sits.

This sounds promising.

Run with it.

[MethuenProgressive]

2. This is ABSOLUTELY what DU must not do.

We can beat him on the issues.

[izzybeans]

4. K and R

This post. right on.

[TooBigaTent]

15. WRONG! You make the erroneous assumption that the voting public will pay

attention to facts and logical arguments.

Hasn't the past decade taught you that short, strongly-worded, the-more-outrageous-the-better slogan-type attacks are the more successful tactic?

Facts mean nothing. Logic means nothing. As the reaction of the I'd-rather-vote-for-McInsane "Democrats" illustrates, politics is an EMOTIONAL endeavor, not an intellectual one. Until we learn that lesson, we will continue to get beat.

Mix in enough truth to confuse them, but don't let your conscience disarm you.

Here's what I heard - in addition to calling his wife a c*** and a trollop, McCain also hit her, especially when she was in one of her drug-induced stupors. He excused it by saying that she would "hurt his image among the religious fundies."

[MethuenProgressive]

20. Obama supporters should shun such tactics.

"Facts mean nothing. Logic means nothing. ...politics is an EMOTIONAL endeavor, not an intellectual one."
That sums up Obama's primary strategy pretty well.

[TooBigaTent]

32. I am by no means an Obama supporter. I supported a Democrat but he lost.

[gabby garcia]

47. whatever. and clinton appealed so

to the intellectual bloc. give me a break!
:eyes:

[SoonerPride]

24. That's a good start. But crazier.

Isn't anyone here crazy enough to come up with a rambling lunatic fringe type letter about McSame?

[JuniperLea]

52. Lying is not a good plan

The truth is awful enough!

Grand Old Prevaricators!

[olkaz]

7. Sorry, can't do it.

There are some lows I won't go to.

And I have eaten a chip I've dropped on the floor before.

These email things just reek. Sorry.

[SoonerPride]

16. You're no fun. We're missing the opportunity to really be very creative and funny.

You all see this as too deadly serious.

We can call McCain a pod person from outer space.

Why not?

[Mz Pip]

9. This one isn't really a smear

but it speaks to the weaknes that is John McCain. This is the critique of his speech by his friends at Faux and others, complete with outtakes. Why make up something when you've got his own words and the words of his supporters to make the case?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/198681.php

[Muttocracy]

18. yes, plus that video comparison of their speeches over in the video forum. nt

[Muttocracy]

33. here are a few video

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x143609

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x143872

[Kerrytravelers]

10. I'm not so sure Obama would approve.

Obama says "Play above the fray."

[SoonerPride]

19. I'm not talking dirty politics, I'm talking whacked out crazy lunatic silliness.

"McCain used to be a woman and had a sex change."

Somethign so outragous and hysterical that people will read it.

And then if enough people read it, 1 or 2% might believe it.

[Muttocracy]

21. If he goes to Iraq so much, maybe he's a secret Muslim???!!!

I think that kind of stuff is not helpful and can backfire - his own flipflops on video should be plenty - and we have more from him than we had for Repub candidates in the past.

[SoonerPride]

23. Perfect. Now mix in some conspiracy sites and write out a rambling grammar cesspool

Then we'll send it out.

I want humor and craziness.

"McCain used to be married to Sasquatch"

[Hepburn]

11. Calling his wife the "C-word" is all it takes, IMO. n/t

[Midlodemocrat]

14. To any woman anyway. And most men.

My husband uses curse words, but I've never heard him utter that word. Nor my four brothers.

It's a terrible word and if he thinks that calling his wife that, even in private, is okay, he can't be the President.

[Hepburn]

61. I think I have used EVERY swear word in three languages ~~

English, Spanish and Romanian ~~ at least once...EXCEPT the "C-word." I find that word just unacceptable and vile beyond belief.

[ChrisMatthews]

13. and that's the best Disney could do?

HA!!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

17. Smear??

No way, that's Rovian bullshit -- nothing we should be involved with.

McCain has plenty about him that is fair game and doesn't reqquire such tactics.

[SoonerPride]

22. Why let the whackadoodles have al the fun? Can't we use this as a creative writing exercise?

"McCain is really 82 years old and his birth certificate is a fake."

[frickaline]

25. Just take a Kerry smear email and run a global search and replace, 'Kerry' for 'McCain'

That would be amusing. :evilgrin:

[Muttocracy]

27. veteran, senator, hey that could work!

[MethuenProgressive]

26. Yeah! Let's create a viral email smear campaign that can be traced back to DU!

Remember when we were against this tactic?

[MonkeyFunk]

28. yeah, that's smart

:eyes:

[SoonerPride]

30. Coming from you, that's a compliment.

:)

[MonkeyFunk]

55. Aren't you adorable?

Who the fuck are you? Never noticed you before.

[AuntPatsy]

29. No need to create anything, stick to the facts, its all you would need.

Doesn't say much for the repub candidate when you find no need to make things up in order to make another look bad.

[SoonerPride]

31. You're whiffing badly.

[AuntPatsy]

58. Whatever that means

[Enrique]

34. count me out

that stuff disgusts me. I don't want to have any part. :puke:

[SoonerPride]

35. Another fail.

Don't you possess a sense of humor and mischief?

[MethuenProgressive]

37. Were the emails calling HRC a lesbian and BO a muslim mere "mischief" to you?

Let us not become what we hate.

[MethuenProgressive]

40. I agree, Enrique.

[gcomeau]

36. Edit- nevermind.

I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt and assume this was a joke.

[SoonerPride]

38. Stick in the mud.

"John McCain is a Pod Person from Outer Space"

The more outrageous and silly the better.

You take this too seriously.

I wanted to see if anyone here was creative and funny. Like a skit for SNL or a bit on the Daily Show.

You people need to lighten up.........sheesh.

[gcomeau]

45. :p

On a more serious note, how about this for a viral e-mail:

A Look Back

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/25/tropical.storm/index.html?iref=newssearch

Fri, August 26, 2005. 12:28 a.m. EDT
Katrina hits Florida: 3 dead; 1 million in dark
Hurricane Katrina lumbered ashore Thursday evening with punishing winds and torrential rain in densely populated southeast Florida, leaving at least two people dead and more than 1 million without electricity.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/26/tropical.weather/index.html?iref=newssearch

Fri, August 26, 2005. 10:00 p.m. EDT
Forecasters: Katrina to aim for Mississippi, Louisiana
Hurricane Katrina will make a "big shift" to the west on its way across the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to reach dangerous Category 4 intensity before making landfall Monday afternoon in Mississippi or Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said Friday.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/27/tropical.weather/index.html?iref=newssearch

Sun, August 28, 2005. 2:12 a.m. EDT
Katrina now Category 4 storm
Hurricane Katrina was packing winds of up to 145 mph early Sunday as it approached the U.S. Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said early Sunday.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/28/tropical.weather/index.html?iref=newssearch

Sun, August 28, 2005. 7:49 a.m. EDT
Hurricane Katrina hits Category 5
Hurricane Katrina intensified Sunday to a Category 5 storm as it churned towards the U.S. Gulf Coast with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/28/katrina.neworleans/index.html?iref=newssearch

Sun, August 28, 2005. 8:41 p.m. EDT
New Orleans braces for 'the big one'
A solemn New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered mandatory evacuations Sunday as his city faced its worst fear -- the threat of a direct hit from a major hurricane that could swamp the low-lying city.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/08/29/DI2005082900511.html?nav=hcmodule

Mon, August 29, 2005. 12:00 noon EDT

The monster storm Katrina raged ashore along the Gulf Coast Monday morning with sustained winds of 140 miles per hour, driving rain and huge battering waves, expected to top 28 feet in some locations.

There were early reports of buildings collapsing along the coast, roofs blowing apart and windows flying out of office buildings. New Orleans' Superdome, serving as a shelter for about 10,000 people, lost power and was leaking from the roof, parts of which flew off.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050829-5_p082905pm-0125-515h.html

Mon, August 29, 2005

Hey... it's not like they had anything better to be doing...

[Muttocracy]

56. there ya go - superimposed with his talk in Nawlins the other night

as some in the video forum did.

[frickaline]

39. lol check it out: according to snopes the only questionable data on McCain came from Rove

Some things never change!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/mccain/mccain.asp

:rofl:

[abburdlen]

41. I understand the appeal

but that type of politics is what's got us where we are now.

I Think some work can be done reminding the public about McCain's involvement in the Keating 5 and the Savings & Loan disaster of the 80's. His close relationship to Charles Keating who bilked millions out of thousands of people may seen eerily familiar to his close relation with some of the characters in the sub-prime mess today.
An email like that I'd be happy to help with.

[PBS Poll-435]

42. JOHN MCCAIN IS A BANK ROBBER!!!!1!!!!111!1!

(kinda)



:P

[MethuenProgressive]

43. John McCain is a lesbian muslim!

Is this really the highest use of DU?
Is this really the way Progressive Democrats behave?

This thread is a major disappointment.

[PBS Poll-435]

44. I totally agree.

Let's tell lies and smear our opponent!



I don't remember where I heard it, but that seemed to be the attitude of a group that I can only vaguely recall.

Something about YouTube.


Shit. Forget it. I drink too much.

[crankychatter]

46. no humor for me until after Saturday but.....

I do believe he has severe PTSD and is psychologically unfit for POTUS

[sniffa]

48. Let's not do this

We don't have to spread the word that he's impotent. We're better than that.

There's no need to discuss whether he has a prescription for Viagra or not.

[JuniperLea]

49. We've wasted a lot of time and energy beating each other up...

I don't think you have to lie... I think you need to dig for truths. Truths about this man are stranger than fiction I'm betting.

First, you will find his accounts all over the InterTubes about how he broke his arms ejecting from a plane. The GOP would have us believe ALL his injuries were sustained at the hands of his captors.

Then dig up that wife disrespect... women should hate this... even the GOP ladies should.

I disagree with the humor. Leave the fibs to them.

[Willo]

53. Sorry Sooner, I have to disagree with you here as well.

It's too easy to confuse with a smear and I'm not into smearing anyone for any reason.

Clear and unmistaken jokes and I'm game. Like his lousy speeches, that green backdrop and his copycat campaign

Clear and unmistakenly serious stabs at his policies, I'm definitely game. Like his views on immigrants/$50 lettuce picking, abort women's choices period, bomb Iran, war forever, etc.

[Zenmaster]

54. I can certainly think of one that's believable...

...I don't know if I really think we should do it, but one that would certainly be believable is to claim that they are covering up a stroke he had. With his age, limited arm mobility, crooked smile and herky-jerky speech patterns he does almost come off like somebody who has had a stroke.

[AZSlacker]

57. NM - My idea is just probably funny to me

[Raineyb]

59. Just a suggestion

But why not help spread videos that are already out there. The Real McCain has plenty and they want people to pass them along.

http://therealmccain.com

Regards

[EmilyAnne]

60. Psst...

John McCain introduced Bonnie Parker to Clyde Barrow.

He was also the captain of the Exxon Valdez.

Plus, he was sworn into the Senate on a signed copy of Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madame.

He's a bad dude.