Think you've seen vicious, slimy, dirty tricks? Trust me, you ain't seen NUTHIN' yet!

[BigBearJohn]

Sorry to rain on anyone's parade, but while the Democrats are merrily patting themselves
on the back (myself included), assured of the apparent inevitability of a Democratic win
in '08, the dark lords of the Nasty Neocon Empire (the GOP slime machine) is busy sharpening
its knives and stirring their cauldrons of slime and crap. We cannot afford to be lulled
into a state of complacency.

Their vicious 100-ton SWIFTBOAT steamrolling machine has barely even started its engines.
WARNING: The following is EXTREMELY offensive, but it's out there and voters are exposed
to it NOW. Racists, sexists, and bigots are in full bloom. And the General Election has not
even started, and look what's out there already. Are we even prepared for this? Will our
enthusiasm and hopeful outlook be enough to thwart their efforts? I ask your opinions.

NOT FOR THE WEAK OF STOMACH. Believe me, you will need a shower afterwards.

NOW SERVING (courtesy of the opposition)

A DISH FOR HILLARY:
The biggest bitch in the whole wide world

TODAY'S SPECIAL FOR HILLARY:
The Official Hillary Clinton Campaign Song, FINALLY!!!

TODAY'S SPECIALS FOR BARACK:
Barack Obama's Church Exposed!

Barack Obama The Magic Negro

A Barack Obama Christmas Carol

A LITTLE DITTY FOR EDWARDS:
Clinton Edwards Caught Conspiring Parody

A SING-ALONG FOR EDWARDS:
John Edwards Feeling Pretty

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Have you seen these headlines yet?

"Chamber of Commerce vows to punish anti-business candidates"

The group indicates it will spend in excess of the approximately
$60 million it put out in the last presidential cycle.
(Gee, I wonder what kind of crap any of us could dish out with a
MINIMUM of $60 million dollars to play with?)

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Have you seen these bumper stickers yet?
"Visit the Clinton Library - Exit 69
Lap dancers get in FREE"
"John McCain never cried while tortured in Vietnam"

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Or how about the latest political cartoon showing First Husband Bill passing out lollipops
and candy cigars to a line of new interns entering the front doors of the White House,
while whimpering Hillary watching from a window above, sobs into her handkerchief.

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Or the cartoon of John Edwards drawn as the cowardly lion, sitting with his legs up on
the desk in the oval office, surrounded by munchkins brushing his hair, manicuring his nails and
powdering his nose. A Presidential aide whispers that the Russian Premiere has
been waiting for 30 minutes. The caption reads: "Tell him I'll be right with him,
right after my pedicure."

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Then we will be constantly barraged with ads, ad nauseum, showing a white
galloping steed carrying a stoic JOHN McCAIN, the knight in shining armor, having just returned
from a successful surge in Iraq, with years of service as a stately Senator, fighting for the
National Defense, our national hero who absolutely refused to cut and run.

ON EDIT: Man, am I a fortune-teller or what? I just heard the following speech by McCain
on HARDBALL today:

"If we had done what the Democrats wanted to do a year ago, or six months ago
or today, and that is set a date for surrender and a date for withdrawal, Al Quida would be
telling the world they defeated the United States of America. My friends, I will never let
that happen... I will never let that happen." AND SO IT BEGINS

REMEMBER THIS:
The fools who brought in the current administration still vote.
They're standing there bleating, just waiting to be convinced again.
If we think the powers-that-be are going to throw in the towel easily,
then we are the fools. They are going to do everything in their power
to try and stop us... and then try to make us look like the bad guys
for even "trying" to usurp their power.

WHAT WILL WE DO ABOUT IT? I think that only a major net roots
campaign combined with major activism will give us any hope of
winning in '08. Imagine the utter angst you will feel if the GOP wins again.
:puke: :wow: :grr: :nuke::puke: :wow: :grr: :nuke::puke: :wow: :grr: :nuke:
Convince me I'm wrong. I don't want to be right. I beg you. PLEASE

[Richard Steele]

1. Political campaigns don't shock me. I was MARRIED once, fer Crissake! (REC'd this anyway) nm

[Naturyl]

2. K&R - and sadly you aren't wrong.

I have no idea why this excellent thread is dropping like a stone.

This election will not be a cakewalk, no matter how much wishful thinking there is.

[JohnnyLib2]

3. I'll chip in another ugly fact: these are deeply held beliefs

for some people, above and beyond dirty tricks. Sigh....
K & R

[Yuugal]

11. Did you like Ghoul's ad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Fi7rgznXM&feature=user

[madeline_con]

4. Nothing we can't handle.

I don't get all the dire warnings, it's the usual crap they spew. :shrug:

[nancyr]

16. Yes, but many people actually believe that crap.

I really can't share your optimistic viewpoint.

[demnan]

5. We had one chance, my friend

and that was to impeach. Now their Justice Department reigns free encouraging the suppression of the vote throughout the nation. It will take a 2 to one odds for us to overcome the dirty dealings or we're looking at President Huckabee.

Who are to blame, why we are. For allowing Nancy Pelosi, Henry Reid, Chris Van Hollen etc. to get away with it. What were their motives, I ask you? When we came calling asking for justice against these war criminals. While war hero veterans like Adam Kokesh and Gold Star mothers like Cindy Sheehan were arrested, protesting this vile war in Iraq, these motherfuckers sat comfortably by. One decent man running for President stood up, Dennis Kucinch.

More money from well meaning people like us, poured into the coffers of the no-backbone Democrats while the Republican fascists reigned free.

There we are, my friend.

[protect our future]

6. The thing I should not mention, but I will anyway:

It appears that the MSM may be attempting to provoke racial unrest, which, if it escalates, will be blamed on Democrats and could derail Barack.

For anyone who watched Scarborough on -- I think it was the morning after the NH primary -- or heard some of the callers on Washington Journal that same morning, or listened to Chris Matthews later that same day, you may have picked up on it.

There have been other things since that morning that set up red flags and I won't go into any of it here. I definitely hope I'm way, way, way off base or just another nutjob with a conspiracy theory.

[BigBearJohn]

7. You're right. I heard a commentator on Hardball saying NH may be race-related.

[AuntPatsy]

8. I couldn't agree more...the more things change, the more they remain the same.

[blues90]

10. That about sums it up , or they get worse not better .

There is no way on earth anyone can predict what the end result will be , not with all that's going on .

[Yuugal]

9. I've been for Edwards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU&feature=related

But DAYAMMMM! Obama girl has one hell of a convincing argument.

[pamela]

12. It's about to get uglier...

South Carolina is heating up and remember how ugly it got there in 2000? Check out this picture from a South Carolina newspaper website of a Hooters in Myrtle Beach...

[protect our future]

13. I was just getting ready to ask if anyone has heard anything about the

situation in SC and if the voters there are being misled to believe race was the factor that gave the NH primary win to Hillary.

I heard this may be happening in SC and hope it is not true.

[procopia]

14. This nauseating photo

should be sufficient to render McCain unelectable for all time.

[Blaze Diem]

19. adding to the nausea is that content SMILE on McCains face, eyes closed,

just swaying to the music...
George looks like he's waving for help.

Actually, this pic could be used against McCain if he gets the GOP nominee.

Stick it up on a billboard..

[Irreverend IX]

21. Ideal caption:

"Where's your other hand, John?"

[Wednesdays]

15. Amen...and a hugh K and R

Regardless of who wins the nomination, are we even slightly ready for this years version of "Swiftboat/Willie Horton/Al Gore invented the Internet" slime? Because the M$M corporate propaganda machine is gonna rain it on us in torrents.

[CorpGovActivist]

17. K&R, BBJ! Thanks for Posting! n/t

[BigBearJohn]

18. You're quite welcome!

:toast:

[OneBlueSky]

20. "Chamber of Commerce vows to punish anti-business candidates" . . .

which is why John Edwards is not going to be allowed anywhere near the White House . . . I support him, but the powers that be have decreed that he (or anyone like him) will NOT become president -- and they have the means to ensure those results (see Elections 2000 and 2004) . . .

too bad, because the only way we're ever going to see meaningful change in this country is by addressing the critical issues that underlie ALL other issues, i.e. . .

1. The corporate hold on the American political system.
2. The erosion of our civil liberties.
3. The Military Industrial Complex
4. The Crimes committed by the Bush Administration.
5. The Truth about September 11th, 2001.

(from The Issues Candidates Won't Touch by Timothy V. Gatto) . . .

to this list I would add . . .

6: The Privitization of U.S. Elections

anyone who thinks that Election 2008 will result in substantive, progressive change is delusional . . .