About this new Bush 'Wolves' Ad

[requiem99]

These sorts of lies work because people are too stupid to read and find out the true information for themselves. They see these types of attacks in a Republican campaign ad, it is gospel to them. I've heard my 72 year old grandmother, a die hard conservative bible thumping wingnut who would favour a universal ban on abortion even if it meant revising the constitution to institute a monarchy, say multiple times, like the stupid fucking meme talking point that it is, "Those liberals in congress are scum," ignoring the fact that is "those liberals" who secured her social security. Of course, she doesn't care about that, she wants to make sure the government holds her stance on moral issues that do not actually affect her in any way. Oh, and also note the use of "those liberals in congress", identical to what Bush has said in multiple campaign ads.

How did this country survive for this long with these kinds of people constituting a large part of the population? I believe in freedom of speech, but I don't believe in anyone's freedom to be ignorant when it negatively affects me, and right now we've got a huge segment of the country that is ignorant to the core.

[emulatorloo]

1. Kerry Ad to reply that GWB is an Ostrich w his head

buried in the sand.

DU thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1139806

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Political Wire has learned that the Kerry campaign is coming out with an ad comparing Bush to an ostrich.

Ad transcript: "The eagle sours high above the earth; the ostrich buries its head in the sand. The eagle knows when it's time to change course; the ostrich just stands in its place. Given these challenging times, shouldn't we be the eagle again?"

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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2004/10/22/bush_dusts_off_reagans_bear_ad.html

[LunaSea]

2. reminds me of an email

circulating for a while, I really like the way it uses so many attack phrases, and twists them around.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance -- now Joe gets it, too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor. Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards.Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune. Its noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification. He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to. Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."