Today's rethug Stalking Point: "Extreme Makeover"

[joefree1]

Stalking Points: Also known as "bait and switch," Rethuglican attempts to divert any logic based discussion of politics with inflammatory non sequitur.*

This technique forces the opposing debater to "stalk" the rethug through a wilderness of inflammatory insults, labels and accusations with no pause for factual debate.

* Following a statement with totally unrelated statement.
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Well the rethuglcans are right on message, i.e., "the Democrats are in "extreme makeover." See the article below. My take on this is the repukes are freaking out over the extreme unity of our party. They're sounding a little shrill. I like what the Idaho chair said, "the Republicans are doing anything they can to not talk about the facts.

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Democrats stress unity in Boston
Party faithful gather to kick off convention
Monday, July 26, 2004 Posted: 3:41 PM EDT (1941 GMT

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- With Democrats converging on Boston for the start of their nominating convention Monday, party leaders were stressing a unified party, a qualified candidate in Sen. John Kerry and the need to topple President Bush.

"The overriding objective to elect John Kerry and John Edwards -- and defeat George Bush -- has united Democrats from all ends of the political spectrum. I have never seen it or felt as strongly as I do this year," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday.

Edit ...
Republicans are also in town with a 30-member "truth squad" to provide a rapid response to podium speakers. They are borrowing the title of a popular television show to deride what they see as an attempt to repackage Kerry into something they believe he is not.

"I think the reason we're going up there is we're expecting an extreme makeover," Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Bush campaign, said on CNN's "Inside Politics Sunday."

More ...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/26/dems.main/

*Get the hammer.

[Catfight]

1. Yeah, I want four more years of my Civil Rights Extreme Makeover.

[bagnana]

2. what a fucking joke.

They won't even allow their "real" members speak at their convention, and two weeks before the Dem convention, the "War President" suddenly starts talking about being the "Peace President" -- and the dems are attempting an extreme makeover?? What a JOKE!

[joefree1]

4. Good point

I can't believe the ruling republican fundies are letting themselves be muzzled. I sure hope Americans don't buy this crap.

[greekspeak]

3. So when dems say anything negative about Shrub, they are BushBashers

And when pukes say anything negative about Kerry, they are the "truth squad?" And what moron thought up that name? It sounds like some sort of reject from the Hall of Justice. Nothing says KerryBashing like "Only WE know the "truth" about Kerry, because we are making it up as we go along. Maybe a more appropriate name would by "hypocrite squad." Or Bushshit Squad. How about "The Chimp is God Brigade"

[PDX Bara]

5. Chimp

The caricature of * as chimp really seems to fit but what an insult to the real chimpanzees!