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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 07:26 PM
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Tuning Out the G.O.P.'s Siren Song
It's a Times article and we know that FR never honors copyright law, so you can click their link to read the article and see their take on it too :):)

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1073078/posts
Tuning Out the G.O.P.'s Siren Song

Posted by fedupwithlibs
On 02/06/2004 4:04:26 PM PST with 11 comments

The New York Times ^ | 02/06/2004 | Bob Herbert
Maybe it's too much to hope for. But I wonder if we aren't watching the beginning of a decline in the effectiveness of the Republican Party's divide-and-conquer strategy. For nearly half a century the G.O.P. has displayed an unparalleled mastery of the ugly art of devising campaigns that appeal to the very worst in us. It's always the whites against the blacks, the middle class against the poor, the conservatives against the hated liberals, with the word "liberal" spat out with the kind of disgust that's usually reserved for child molesters. The party's at it again this year with talk...

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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:24 PM
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1. one gratuitous kick because it's such good news
:)
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JasonDeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:48 PM
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2. For those who can't stand having the FR cookie on your computer
heres the link to the story. A good read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/06/opinion/06HERB.html
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 09:21 PM
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3. Great Article
The Bush tax cuts and the turnaround in the economy have been a boon to folks at the high end of the economic ladder. The Wall Street Journal ran an article on Wednesday about the resurgence of lavish spending by the investment crowd. It featured accounts of giddy highfliers getting married at the palace of Versailles, stepping up their purchases of Porsches, Lamborghinis and Rolls-Royces, and exhibiting "a renewed appetite for chartered jets."

And yet, we are still pushing to make tax cuts for these assholes permenant?

Why don't these people have to make sacrafices?

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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 09:32 PM
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5. Oh the irony! The muricans just don't see it....
I was at Target today and spotted an 11 year old Ford mini-van with a flag painted on the back window. As I continued to gaze at the car I noticed the license plate which read:

"dubyaN04"

omg.... they just don't get it and will continue to blindly follow their "leader".... :puke:

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Must_B_Free Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 09:30 PM
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4. Ah - the familiar sound of nails on coffin lid!
"To: fedupwithlibs
I only have two words for Mr. Herbert, RUDOLPH GULIANI"

ROTFL! yeah - Super Rudy will save the day! Folks - even they know its over.

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