Kerry's Office Expects Media Attention to Follow on Monday

[BigBearJohn]

Kerry's office was contacted today.
Kerry is bringing the issue of the Downing Street Minutes
issue to the Senate floor on Monday, and they expect media
attention to follow!

DOWNING STREET MINUTES -- OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MINUTES OF AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MEETING

[sarcasmo]

1. Well, better late than never to show some backbone.

[blm]

5. Kerry has worn targets on his back for about 40 years.

You must have SOME amazing record of service racked up if you feel comfortable attacking the one man who has investigated and exposed more government corruption than any lawmaker in modern history.

Please share.

[bunny planet]

10. Exactly blm. Kerry naysayers please go away for once.

[Last Lemming]

14. It's not a matter of slamming Kerry

or Dean or any of the dems
It's more a matter of--please--help us--we're dying out here--we can't do anything without some leadership

[blm]

29. Portraying Dems as weak is a rightwing success story.

People believe spin more than they do facts.

I think its dumb to believe RNC storylines put up by the corporate media.

I back all Dems who are willing to put their necks on the line to speak out against those who control most of the media. It's not easy.

[walldude]

76. Exactly.. the Dems are portrayed as weak

because they have been weak. Until Galloway's testimony I had forgotten just how lame they have been. His testimony was a shot of truth that I was unprepared for. Even the exceptions, Boxer, Conyers, etc have been somewhat restrained in their efforts to get the Bush Administration. Galloway was the first person in a long time to lay it all on the line. It's nice to see some Dems attempting to follow his lead.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

101. So you attack when they act? n/t

[Horse with no Name]

30. As a brilliant attorney

He wouldn't show his hand unless he has made his case.
I hope it doesn't fall on deaf ears.

[BlueIris]

114. I totally agree.

It's good others can see that.

[Im with Rosey]

46. Thanks!

I am getting soooo sick of all the Kerry slammers! It is a day to start feeling like we are making some progress. I can do without the attacks.

[ailsagirl]

84. I'm with you... sick and tired of the potshots

Everytime someone does that, it sets us back.

[wicket]

2. kicked and nominated

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[atommom]

3. Go, John! Let's make the public see what's been done to them.

:woohoo: :applause: :popcorn:

[bunny planet]

4. Kicked and nominated.

You go John.
:kick: :kick: :kick:

[MeDeMax]

66. ditto...n/t

:applause:

:kick:

[snacker]

6. Keeping fingers crossed......

that HOPE is on the way!

[FreedomAngel82]

8. That's very good news

He's on it. Hurray! I can't wait now. Bring out the popcorn! :popcorn:

[MelissaB]

12. I do believe that hope is on the way!

:kick:

[renaissanceguy]

95. For once I feel hopeful too.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues/472476

[SammyWinstonJack]

117. Sweet revenge!

I hope Kerry brings down bu$h**co! I can't think of a better person for the job! Kerry going after the BFEE, again!. :woohoo:

[understandinglife]

7. Thank you for the update.

Have fax'd a copy of the following DU thread to his office earlier today:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3770220

We have all the evidence of mendacity and illegal war-making we need to indict and prosecute Bush, Blair and every other neoconster scum-bag on the planet having any involvement in the Bush's illegal war on Iraq and all the torture and other atrocities that have been committed since August 2002.

Peace.


www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq, and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

[fooj]

13. This is it, UL!!

It is time.:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:


peace.

[understandinglife]

23. I agree, fooj. As with Iran-Contra, he's likely gathered enough evidence..

.... on several key issues to be ready to go on the attack.

We should all be prepared to phone, fax, mail, email, blog, boycott, demonstrate - whatever it takes - with more intensity and regularity than at any time since Dec 9 2000 to bring Bush and the neoconsters to justice and begin repairing our America.

Peace.


www.missionnotaccomplished.us

[fooj]

9. TRUTH IS OUR MOST POWERFUL WEAPON!!!

Great news, BBJ!! Thanks for the heads-up! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE WALLS CAVE IN ON THOSE BASTARDS!

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president , right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American Public."-T. Roosevelt


Peace.
:patriot:

[AuntiBush]

15. fooj: Checkout some great remarks from FDR!

Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Worship
Freedom from Want
Freedom from Fear
~ From FDR'S 1941 State of the Union Address ~

Other famous quotes from President Franklin D. Roosevelt:

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; It is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

"I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American People and that I have been given their trust."

"I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives." "I have seen war - I hate war!"

"there is nothing to fear but fear itself."

"I propose to creat a civilian conservation corps to be used in simple work... More important, however than the material gains will be the moral and spiritual value of such work."

Morals, values and spiritual: Sound familiar?

"We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background."

"We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization."

"We have faith that future generations will know that here in the middle of the twentieth century, there came a time when men of good will found a way to unite and produce and fight to destroy the forces of ignorance and intolerance and slavery, and war."

"I pledge you, I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people."
~ FDR'S 1932 FDR acceptance speech ~

"The structure of world peace cannot be a peace cannot be the word of one man, or one party, or one nation, it much be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world." The 1st First Lady honored with a statue set in a presidential memorial.
~ First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ~

FDR Web Sites Worthy of Visiting:

Official Franklin D. Roosevelt Web Site: http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/home.htm
Tour his Memorial: http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/memorial/room1.htm
Photos of FDR'S Memorial in D.C.: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Cathedral/8789/fdr.htm.
Warm Springs: Founded by FDR for Polio Victims: http://www.warmspringsga.com/warmsprings.asp
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Home Page: http://www.nps.gov/fdrm
Home Of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: http://www.nps.gov/hofr/

[AuntiBush]

11. Thank you, Senator Kerry! And thank you BigBearJohn!

:popcorn:

I'm ready and waiting for the crap to hit the fan!

[Just Me]

16. *choke*

:cry: please, please,...let this be the last straw,...

John Kerry,...I believed in you, I've always believed in you, I still believe in you!!!

GIVE 'EM HELL!!!

[babylonsister]

17. Woo Hoo! Thanks once again, BBJ!

And thank you, Mr. Kerry, for finally addressing this! May the Senate chamber overflow with reporters!
:woohoo:
:woohoo:
:woohoo:

[seabeyond]

18. i respect kerry. i gained a lot of respect during campaign.

but.....this really shows how much information doesnt get to washington and our leaders sitting in their sealed tight box. and i think that is the same that happened with election.

look how long the downing st minutes took to get kerry's attention.

the good thing, he knows it is loud on internet. maybe his people will gain confidence in this tool, and sites like du to have their world open up a bit

good for kerry, another rah. lets see what he has.

i am enjoying him, and other dem senators

[ginnyinWI]

72. you're assuming he just found out

but that probably isn't so. He isn't the type to just react in knee-jerk fashion. He'd be collecting information and talking to people, etc. He and his staff do have the internet and know how to use it. A few years back, he was voted the most tech-savvy Senator. :thumbsup:

[CottonBear]

19. Woo Hoo! I am so happy! Go John, go!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[cestpaspossible]

20. No one's a bigger Kerry fan than I but

I don't want to get my expectations raised too high about what the media will do.

[renaissanceguy]

96. If you look at recent polls,

the MSM isn't doing so well with public trust. If they don't cover this, it will just make them even more irrelevant.



http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues/472476

[Glenda]

99. Do you have any links to these media polls?

and how they are declining? I'd like to see the numbers and gloat!

Thanks!

:hi:

[Brotherjohn]

21. Ummm..... Link? (nt)

[LeahD]

24. This isn't the link about media coverage, but

it's about Kerry and the Downing Street Memo.
This link is in the "Kerry Assails Bush on Iraq" thread, LBN and on the Greatest Page.

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/06-05/06-02-05/a01lo167.htm

[Beaverhausen]

25. Here

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/06-05/06-02-05/a01lo167.htm

"When I go back (to Washington) on Monday, I am going to raise the issue," he said of the memo, which has not been disputed by either the British or American governments. "I think it's a stunning, unbelievably simple and understandable statement of the truth and a profoundly important document that raises stunning issues here at home. And it's amazing to me the way it escaped major media discussion. It's not being missed on the Internet, I can tell you that."

[Karenina]

41. WOULD that he encourage citizens to

visit John Conyers' site and, if inclined, sign his letter. I can DREAM, can't I? And in Judy Tenuto's famous words, "IT COULD HAPPEN!" :silly:

[LeahD]

22. Kerry is addressing it!

This is from the SouthCoast Today article that is linked in the "Kerry Assails Bush on Iraq" thread...LBN. Definitely worth a look. Kerry is speaking out about the Downing Street Memo in this snippet. Someone in his camp is paying attention to the blogs! Go, John!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1516892

"When I go back (to Washington) on Monday, I am going to raise the issue," he said of the memo, which has not been disputed by either the British or American governments. "I think it's a stunning, unbelievably simple and understandable statement of the truth and a profoundly important document that raises stunning issues here at home. And it's amazing to me the way it escaped major media discussion. It's not being missed on the Internet, I can tell you that."

[Hepburn]

26. Link to any announcement by his office? TIA n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

122. His office has been silent on this so far...

http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/cfm/press-statement.cfm

Supposedly that will change today.

[tridim]

27. Monday it goes boom

I can't freaking wait. BushCo will have to work all weekend trying to come up with a BS response. This is going to be fun.

[JohnnyBoots]

28. The question is not Kerry, but

how will the media spin this so that it will be ignored by most? You know they'll try to spin it that way. Any thoughts?

[jillan]

33. contact the media

Contact them, email them, tell them you want the DSM story covered.

Maybe if we put some pressure on, along with Kerry going public, we can get some coverage:toast:

[JohnnyBoots]

34. Let's hope so, just began

an editorial for a couple daily papers down here in wild, wonderful WV.

[Brotherjohn]

37. "Old news" plus "It's only an opinion". That's what they'll SAY, anyway.

The former ("old news") of course, is ridiculous.

"It's old news that Bush lied to Congress, the American people and the world in initiating an unprecedented and illegal war of choice... so why do anything about it now?! We already KNOW he's a war criminal!"

That of course, is ridiculous.

Watch out for the latter, though. While many keep saying that it's "minutes" and not a memo, that's not entirely true... They may be closer to "minutes", but they are not a verbatim word-for-word transcript of the meeting. Even Kieth Olbermann made this point when doing a show on it weeks ago.

AND it IS one person's take (Dearlove) on the situation in Washington. Actually, another person's characterization of Dearlove's take on the situation in Washington, and the Bush administration's actions. So they will attempt to cast it in that way, too.

BUT of course, I'm just playing Devil's Advocate... answering your question.

The appropriate response is to point out that this document does not occur in a vacuum. It backs up, in a very reliable way from official government documents, what has already been said by many... including Bush's own former counter-terrorism chief (Clarke) and Treasury Secretary (O'Neill).

It is as near as we may ever come to a "smoking gun" that the Bush administration is indeed guilty of everything its critics have been saying since before the war started.

IF IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK, AND QUACKS LIKE A DUCK...

[blm]

49. The minutes back up what CIA analysts were reported as saying in Oct 2002.

KR's Landay and Strobel broke that story, too.

[Dr Fate]

53. Response: "The Iraq War is NOT 'old news'- it is a CURRENT EVENT."

"And the FACT that there are no WMDs is NOT an opinion, it is a FACT."

[Amonester]

102. I agreeeeee!!! AND KERRY SHOULD ALSO DENOUNCE THIS:

PNAC

Because one of the BIGGEST (if not THE biggest...) HOLDUP in history has been perpetrated on (AND IS STILL GOING ON SINCE...) November & December 2000!!

IMHO, if the neocon gangsters are not exposed for the Greedy Dominionists they are, unfortunately (again), the DSM will be spinned, and spinned again as being "old news," while everything these wrongdoers do his AVAILABLE (in the open) from THEIR OWN WWW SITE!!! Kerry MUST BACK IT UP (the DSM) with WHAT THEY PLANNED TO DO (bribe, steal, rob, torture, kill, etc.) since at least AS FAR BACK AS 1998.

PNAC 101 (printable version):
http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/index.php?title=PNAC_101&printable=yes

<snip>
This has been a presentation of The Whispering Campaign - an opportunity to become ACTIVELY involved in educating the American public without drawing attention to yourself. This is a game of Political "Gossip" where the story of our Government's deception and betrayal gets passed from one villager to another.

Anyone can play. The rules are simple: make ten copies of this timeline and leave it in a public place where someone else will find it and read it. Ideal locations for maximum exposure include

+ book stores,
+ copy shops,
+ libraries and train stations.
+ Buses,
+ taxis,
+ laundromats,
+ and check-out lines at the grocery store.
+ Hair salons,
+ rest rooms,
+ gas stations
+ and convenience stores. Anywhere you happen to be will work just fine.
The American public deserves to know the TRUTH!
...<snip>


NO OIL WARS
IMPEACH THE PNAC'S NEW PEARL HARBOR CONSPIRATORS AND LIARS
PUT AN END TO THE BUSH FAMILY EV-O-IL EMPIRE'S CRIMINAL MONARCHY
RESTORE THE UNITED STATES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC'S IMAGE AND IDEALS

in its Constitution.



:think:

[flyarm]

118. old news ?? its old news that...

never made the news!! not in the good ole propaganda USA..i was recently in europe and it was on the front pages of all the papers..i came home and nothing!!
i put my traveling compainions face in the papers and said.."you watch..this will not even make the evening news at home." and it hasn't!!i need to call her today and ask her when the "liberal" media will run this new watergate memo....she's a half assed repub..but did vote reluctantly for kerry ...
but honestly this was headline story in europe...and people were talking about it...
the question i got several times was..what is wrong with americans ..now?? we used to think you were brave..why don't you stand up to *...i had no answer other than to say many of us do..the media just won't cover it...one guy from denmark said.."then there aren't enough of you protesting!!" lol...

[ohtransplant]

31. Go JK!

I'd love to see a coordinated effort - press releases, interviews, Dem surrogates on the "news" channels, C-SPAN, and a press conference with Rep Conyers afterward!


:kick: :bounce:

edit: sp

[annabanana]

35. We'd ALL love to see that...

We'll see...given the willful, stubborn, OBVIOUS way they have assiduously avoided, demeaned and discounted it so far, I'll keep my fingers crossed..

[Dr Fate]

32. Kerry is getting our backs- let's support him 100% on this.

n/t

[BigBearJohn]

42. NOW YOU'RE TALKING! Let's get behind him and PUSH PUSH PUSH!!!!

Go Team D-U

I DU BELIEVE

DOWNING STREET MINUTES -- OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MINUTES OF AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MEETING

[Im with Rosey]

47. Is this a call to action?

Are you suggesting we ALL get busy and flood everyone's email? Are you throwing out a CHALLENGE as only DU can achieve? LET'S GET BUSY and storm everyone's email!

[BigBearJohn]

50. ATTA GIRL ROSIE! YOU BETCH YOUR SWEET BIPPY

THIS *IS* A CALL TO ACTION

DU! (WO)MAN THOSE KEYBOARDS!!!

[Im with Rosey]

57. Downingstreetmemo

makes it extremely easy to send or call everyone, today is Peter Jennings and PBS. There is also complete list of Senators.

[Im with Rosey]

62. Yeah, I know, I know

MINUTES not memo. As you are all aware, the difference between MEMO/MINUTES was not completely understood at the inception. They have great resources, so overlook the Memo snaffoo.

[frictionlessO]

36. This thread needs more cowbell anyone got some???!! nt

[IChing]

38. here you go.......great news

[frictionlessO]

52. Ohh I hadn't seen that one yet.

Which is weird cause I've seen so many different ones over the years.

Thanks and yeah great news!!
:toast:

[EFerrari]

39. Kick

:kick:

:kick:

:kick:

[1956]

44. This is SO GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only thing that could top this is if he also happened to mention
what "other things" he believes * to be guilty of-like vote fraud!
Maybe he just needs to say one thing,..."I would like to ask Karl Rove to submit to a polygraph that he had nothing to do with the call to "fix" the numbers in Bush's favor?" yeah, I know I'm dreaming,dreaming,dreaming, but hey- I digress..Go-JOHN GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Give em hell, Johnny!
I sent ya an email, cuz I'm so proud of you!!!!

[goclark]

67. Great News to see any one of them with a spine!

I love John Kerry so I hope this demonstrates what he is made of again.

He said that he would watch our backs well-let's bring it on John!

[sojourner]

68. Polygraph on Rove? He'd pass with flying colors, sad to say ---

a polygraph measures fluctuations in autonomic nervous system reactions (sweating, body temp, pulse and respiration rates) resulting from "stress" that occurs when a person lies. Those with no conscience can pass a polygraph, literally, with NO SWEAT!

[peekaloo]

40. Monday is D-Day.

I lurve it.

[flyarm]

119. monday is "k" day..go kerry!!! n/t

[mmonk]

43. If he does it and gets

the media to pay attention, he deserves another run.

[Carla in Ca]

97. Here is my dream scenario...

MSM finally pays attention after the speech. At the same time, the grand jury that was en paneled last week in Ohio sends down indictments for all those involved in the 'coingate' scandal, including Ken Blackwell. Blackwell, not wanting to do jail time, decides to come clean regarding election 2004...Kerry won.

Too far-fetched?

[1956]

105. I love you're line of thinking!!!

yipee!

[LSK]

45. Kerry should be pissed

He voted for IWR based on the BS intel that Bush provided him and that was one of the issues that he struggled with during the election. To find out he was lied to should anger him as much as it angers anyone else.

[Dr Fate]

54. The minutes gives Kerry and all DEMS an OUT...

When Bush/media claims "But you had the same info Bush had..."

DEMS can now say "Not so fast- I've never seen these minutes until I read them on the internet- Bush never told me about it and you media people sure did not either...I trusted Bush- never again."

[democrat_patriot]

60. email list

may have some emails that are no longer active. Remeber put them in Bcc so as not appear as a mass email. If you email uses the semi-colon (;) than copy the list in word and do a find/replace on , with ;

Good luck!

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], 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[psychopomp]

106. It took me a full day but I finally emailed every address

Fight!

[understandinglife]

107. Thank you for your dedication!

Peace.


You may have helped prevent another Iraqi child's death.


www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

[psychopomp]

120. Respect.

;-)

[in_cog_ni_to]

63. ALL of Congress should be pissed.

The chimp lied to them all.

[understandinglife]

48. Update from Congressman Conyers

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3772731

Peace.


www.missionnotaccomplished.us

[BigBearJohn]

51. THIS ITEM DESERVES A THREAD OF ITS OWN!

[vince3]

55. Not at all good for never-elected

[merh]

56. I DU Believe!

:woohoo:
:woohoo:
:woohoo:

[in_cog_ni_to]

58. HOT DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:bounce::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: YES!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

59. Now this is good news!

Kerry is a press magnet and he has the power to get the media coverage this deserves.

[lonestarnot]

61. Go! Go Johnnie Go!

[sojourner]

64. Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn! This might make it yet!!! :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

PS - I love, LOVE, your banner!!

[seg4527]

65. i knew there must have been a reason i voted for him!

[merh]

69. Woohoo!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

....:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

......:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[globalvillage]

70. I e-mailed my support to Sen Kerry

We need to show him that this matters.

http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/contact/email.html

[Ashy Larry]

71. Credit where credit is due

I think its great that Kerry is getting on board with this but he is not the first senator to raise the issue. Carl Levin (D-MI) mentioned the Downing Street Minutes in his speech about the Bolton nomination on May 25.

Just this month, newspapers reported on leaked notes from a July 23, 2002, meeting of the British Prime Minister and his senior national security staff. According to the notes, the head of British foreign intelligence told Prime Minister Blair, seven months before the war, that “Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.” Those are contemporaneous notes, prior to the war against Iraq. Such reports reinforce the view of much of the world that the administration shaped intelligence to serve policy purposes and that it strayed from the critical principle that intelligence must be objective, independent, and free from political influence

Read the speech here:
http://www.levin.senate.gov/senate/statement.cfm?id=238267

Also, I saw Jon Corzine (D-NJ) mention the minutes on "Hardball". I think it was the same day.

Hopefully, the corporate media will pay more attention to Kerry.

[VOX]

73. Dammnit, John, you ROCK!!!!!!

Get this thing *out there* and into the news cycle! :thumbsup:

[oxbow]

74. LET'S TRY SOMETHING NEW AGAINST THE RW ECHO CHAMBER THIS TIME

I for one will not be writing hundreds of emails to abc, cnn, faux news and every other media slug under the sun telling them that they've been fooled by the RW echo chamber yet again. This hasn't worked before, and I doubt it will work in this case. They don't care about a few hundred emails. They have a nation of people watching.

All politics is local. I intend to focus on my local media. local TV stations, local newspapers, local neighbors. I will get atleast three of my friends to call and write with me when this thing breaks, to correct their facts and tell them in no uncertain terms that they'd better get their story right if they intend to keep me as a viewer/reader. We have very little pull on the national scale. We have immensely more pull when it comes to our local media. It's all about the bottom line, so they'd better listen to us if they want our viewership.

So please, everyone, get your talking points ready. Recruit some friends to help you. Tell them that this could very well be the next Watergate if we play things right. Even if your all friends aren't that political, try and talk them into helping you this once. And be ready for the best/worst, because chance favors the prepared.

[senseandsensibility]

78. Good idea

In my particular case, the local rag is hopeless. But I have had some luck with the local TV stations.

[housewolf]

75. Woo-Hoo!!!!!!

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[emulatorloo]

77. Kicking this thread for mid-evening crowd

:kick:

[Melissa G]

79. kick for truth!

[bluecrush]

80. Ever the good soldier,

John Kerry may be down at times, but never out. He continues to inspire.
Hey everybody!! Great to be here. :toast:

[frictionlessO]

82. Welcome to DU bluecrush!!

Is this story what led you here???

:toast:

[Melissa G]

86. Welcome bluecrush!

Great to have you here!:toast:

[globalvillage]

98. Welcome bluecrush.

Go get 'em John.

[Redleg]

81. Right on, John.

Nail those lying muthas Monday.

[steve2470]

83. altruistic kick nt

[GetTheRightVote]

85. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Senator Kerry for carrying this flag

to the media and the American Public who need to know all about it.

:kick:

[Warren Stupidity]

87. And when the media ignores him?

What is the next step?

The downing street memo is evidence of an impeachable offense. It is evidence of "high crimes and misdemeanors", it is evidence of treason.

When the media covers the jacko-jury instead, what will John do?

Here is what I think John should do: John should recognize that it is not time for business as usual. John Kerry, rightfully elected president of the united states, should call for all Democrats, all citizens of this country who now understand that this administration is an outlaw government, to march on washington and demand that justice be done.

It is time for a ukranian solution.

[LittleClarkie]

88. (crickets chirping)

And then when the media doesn't cover that either, then what? Skywriting?

[Geek_Girl]

91. Start Writing LTE to your local paper

If everyone who signed the letter also wrote an LTE, people would not be able to ignore it so easily. I plan to write one over the weekend after I hear Kerry on this and how the media spins it if they cover it all.

But let's face it we're the media now!

[keopeli]

94. I'd go!

[Nothing Without Hope]

89. Excellent news! Here are some past threads on the blackout:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1814999
Thread title: C-span this morning regarding Downing Street memo

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3753013
Thread title: Told KnightRidder rep that Cspan claimed UK memo was "internet rumor"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3757225
thread title: HEADS UP: Just got off the phone with UK memo reporter.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=128950#128999
Thread title: Media Black Out Downing Street Minutes
(refers to an excellent article on this – the best I have seen so far)

[RobbinsdaleDem]

90. Media attention? What's that?

I've heard some complaints on Air America about Dems not getting the message out. It's pretty hard to get a message out if the media doesn't report it. Let's hope Kerry does indeed get some media attention on this.

[Nothing Without Hope]

92. Dont miss this VIDEO - "Remind Us" - best I have seen in showing

the lies that brought on the Iraq War. It was produced before the 2004 election, but now with the Downing St Minutes finally cracking the stonewall, it takes on a new sense;

http://www.peacecandy.com/gwbush/remindus/

And ALSO, don't miss this 2 min VIDEO CLIP captured by our dzika and posted in a DU thread on May 13 - apparently before the order for the media blackout came down. Here you see the reaction that SHOULD have been there from the start after the Minutes were revealed: utter outrage:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1782122

[proud patriot]

93. WOOOOO HOOOOOO ! ! ! !

:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce:

[Freddie Stubbs]

100. Is there a source for this?

:shrug:

[Stephanie]

108. Yes, a link or a source, please

[Connie_Corleone]

103. No media if the Michael Jackson verdict comes in that day. n/t

[kster]

104. If articles are

are written about this all weekend, and I know we are e-mailing this story to many, don't you think they pretty much have to start talking about it on TV, I think they will allow themselves to be surrounded by the story if they don't, and they will have to go with it, or they will be exposing themselves.

[Freddie Stubbs]

109. So far very few are writing about this--perhaps it is a hoax

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=john+kerry+downing&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

And the ones who are writing about Kerry's involvement are largely right-wing sites.

[kster]

111. Perhaps,but why didn't

the so called media in America wait more than a month to report on it, no matter if it was (true or false)? That alone is suspicious.

[Freddie Stubbs]

116. Perhaps because few elected officials are raising the issue

and they don't want to get caught with their pants down like Dan Rather did.

[oasis]

110. John Kerry reporting for duty.

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[bobbieinok]

112. 'expect media attn to follow'.....yeah, sure...just like they covered his

campaign meetings and speeches

or a couple of sound bites and a swift boat liar to comment

[Freddie Stubbs]

125. They can't cover a speech that didn't happen

[NVMojo]

113. Right on!!!!

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[chknltl]

115. C-Span, Sat. 7AM EST: D. S. M. (less than an hour from now)

This generated little attention earlier, not sure why

[Freddie Stubbs]

121. Early Sunday Morning kick

[DemBeans]

123. thank you, JK

I spoke to my mother, who keeps reasonably well-informed...reads the paper, watches the news - over the weekend, and mentioned the DSM. She had no idea what I was talking about, and when I explained it she was shocked. Her first words were, "Then why aren't they impeaching Bush?" She immediately knew what the minutes represented, and how dangerous they are to the junta.

If Kerry can force media coverage of this, then more power to him. The fact that someone like my mom who makes a reasonable attempt to keep informed hadn't heard of this a month after the release speaks volumes about the criminal complicity of our corporate media.

[oasis]

124. Let's get it done.