DSM- REPUBS NEW STRATEGY IS TO CALL IT RIDICULOUS

[second edition]

and insignificant being discredited by everyone.In other words no one is interested in it. Ken Melman started the ball rolling yesterday on MTP. Rep talk radio seems to now be using these same talking points. (My area-Pitt-Ohio)
Oh, and this little gem, Dems and Kerry are desperate for anything to gain attention and get at Bush.
I hope the DSM come around to bit them in the ass!

[dweller]

1. JohnConyers.com

up to Downing Street Minutes XX.

i checked late last nite after reading the sig count was up to 133,000 and it was at DSM XIV.

he'll reach 250K by ...Wed. my guess.

dp

[htuttle]

2. Ridiculous?

I dont' think starting a war of aggression based on lies is a laughing matter at all! "Ridiculous"? I'm not laughing, that's for sure.

[nightfox02]

3. ridiculous is not a defense its called stalling...

they havent figured out how they are going to attack this one yet hence the stall...

unless you want to cut your throat politically you need an actual counterpoint...else you sound ridiculous..

case in point shrub's snipe at amnesty simply calling it absurd..

He probably lost 2% points in about 5 seconds on that one...

[Goldeneye]

4. So the "fixed" doesn't really mean fixed in Britain spin didn't work...

They do this...try things out until they find one that works.

[berni_mccoy]

5. They are running out of excuses

Soon, they won't be able to defend it...

[bemildred]

6. Hardly "new", hardly a strategy. nt

[digitalhippie]

7. my email to my rep

Here is the email I just fired off to my rep and senator, it feels great to start off the week doing something positive for my fellow citizens:

Dear Sir,
With the release of the Downing Street Minutes and the neglect to those minutes by the mainstream meia, I believe it is time for our elected officials to take a closer look at this and any other related documents. I supported our President in the lead up to Iraq, I felt that if Saddam Husssein did have WMD capabilites he needed to be dealt with. I did feel that we could have given the UN inspectors more time, but I trusted our President to make the right decision based on information he was privy to. I now feel that the current administration has led us into a war that we did not need to embark upon. I think that over the last 2 years many things have come to light that place doubt on what the motivation to go to war really was. I feel cheated as a former soldier. Afte 9-11, The US pulled together, and the world did not pity us, they were amazed by our resialliance and out ability to pull together in a time of crisis. I felt like we had the rest of the world behind us in a quest to root out terrorism and make America the shining beacon it had previously been. Now I look at reports from around the world, and Amreica is one of the most despised nations on the planet, all due to the handling of the war in Iraq and how we treat prisoners related to this war. I feel like I have been lied to and cheated out of the opportunity to be a proud American. I feel that the current Administration has led us astray and squandered the good will we received post 9-11. I do not take my duties as citizen lightly. I voluntarily joined the military and served my country honorably for 4 years. If the day comes when my country needs me to defend her from foreign or domestic enemies, I will gladly do so, as long as I belive the cause is just and the motives clear! For now, I ask you to do your duty as my elected official and join Congressman Conyers in his quest to find out the truth about why we are at war with a country that may have not posed an imminent danger to the USA. This goes beyond partisan politics at this point in my mind, please take a courageous stand and help start the investigation. If in the end you conclude that nothing wrong was done, that is fine by me, but I would like you to seek out the truth, whatever it may be, and share it with your constituents. Thank you for your time.

[spooky3]

9. good letter, and welcome to DU!

[johnaries]

8. Here's some of the other spin I've heard already:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1832310#1832362

[gratuitous]

10. Name-calling is always preferable

When you don't have a substantive argument.