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baltodemvet Donating Member (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 09:41 PM
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Sinclair Backs Down!
Media Matters reports that Sinclair Broadcasting has substantially altered its plans.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200410200001

Of course, they'll still run some sort of pukeable tripe sometime on Friday evening but we made them stand down--we rolled 'em!

(Do try as much as possible not to step on them as we move on to take back America.)
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951 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 09:42 PM
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1. Its not good enough
Edited on Tue Oct-19-04 09:57 PM by 951
This is just a ploy to ease their pummeling and by limiting the "documentary" to 45 mins they are throwing off Michael Moore's bid for equal time its a shame that Randi Moore and other LW media are praising this sham as some sort of victory its far from it.
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 09:43 PM
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2. They haven't really backed down
Don't buy that BS because they'll still do their best to smear John Kerry. Mark Hyman absolutely hates Kerry.
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 09:43 PM
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3. this isn't a victory
this is combining a bunch of rw docs into a 'news' special so that they won't have to give kerry equal time. this is the worst of both worlds
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baltodemvet Donating Member (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 10:07 PM
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6. I disagree
They blinked. Of course they're contemptible and will do what they can to smear Kerry and by the same token we're not finished with them (we're having a demonstration at their HQ tomorrow.)

Still, we made them move and it's important to recognize that--it's another confirmation of our strength. We've got them backing up: now we can overwhelm them with our message instead of responding to theirs.

Sinclair is not the issue. The issue is that Bush has failed America. Our supreme objective is to elect John Kerry.
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John_H Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 10:29 PM
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9. They did not blink. They assumed a modified, but just as aggressive stance
Edited on Tue Oct-19-04 10:33 PM by John_H
I love brock but this is a PR ruse, plain and simple. Brock may like to take credit for "underwriting" the letter, but there is no substantive change except they are now calling the hit piece "news" with more "validity." We've got to tell their spomsors that we're not dopes, and if they advertise on this show, our boycotts will be lifetime-long.
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951 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 09:57 PM
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4. kick
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JohnnyCougar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 09:58 PM
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5. Headfake!
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Iceburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 10:08 PM
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7. Too little too late ... just lovin' this boycott
Edited on Tue Oct-19-04 10:10 PM by Iceburg
Ford just lost $48,000 from me today (I bought a Korean SUV just to piss off George)
My fin mgr is purging my portfolio of sinbad & friends
No P&G or General mills products will be purchased
My fur dotters are being weaned off IAMS and introducted to Nutro natural choice....

I am especially enjoying the P&G boycott as they have been more than complicit in sinbads maneuver



the Procter & Gamble PAC (recipient) funnels 80% of its collection to bushco.

Partial List of P&G Products



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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 10:18 PM
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8. De-Groovy!
:)
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cyr330 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-04 10:59 PM
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10. Keep going!
Let's run those reptilian fucks out of business!
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