You Mean The RNC Rhetoric Is Going To Get *Worse*?? Yes. Yes, It Will.
World Net Daily's latest cover (h/t FreakOutNation)
To paraphrase my buddy Steve Benen, it's illuminating to hear what Republicans say when they don't think anyone's listening:
Ben Smith had this major scoop yesterday:
The Republican National Committee plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on "fear" of President Barack Obama and a promise to "save the country from trending toward socialism."
The strategy was detailed in a confidential party fundraising presentation, obtained by POLITICO, which also outlines how "ego-driven" wealthy donors can be tapped with offers of access and "tchochkes."[..]
The party's fundraising presentation suggests the Republican National Committee thinks its own supporters are idiots. All the party has to do is exploit contributors' "fears," and expect the checks to come rolling in.
And to stoke those fears, the RNC's message to these dupes includes telling them that contributions to Republicans will help "save the country from trending toward socialism!" One slide in the presentation refers to U.S. leaders as "the Evil Empire," with a picture of the president as the Joker from Batman, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Cruella DeVille, and Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid as Scooby Doo.
How did such a document reach the media? It wasn't leaked: "The 72-page document was provided to POLITICO by a Democrat, who said a hard copy had been left in the hotel hosting the $2,500-a-head retreat, the Gasparilla Inn & Club."
Oops.
Oops, indeed. Maybe the RNC leadership is about as smart as the donors they sneer at.
While I don't relish the ugliness that is sure to come--and the inevitable lies and distortions--I see this as the last desperate grasps of a party that sees a whole lot more hurt in front of them come Election Day than the media will ever acknowledge.
It will be interesting to see the M$M falling all over itself if the GOP tanks AGAIN. One would be tempted to think the GOP is on its way up after being out of power for decades! (if you believed the M$M meme)
The GOP should fade away with the last gasps of analog TV - they want to stay anchored in the 50's - I say let it drown them.
:)
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
There was such a thing as 'rage fatigue'. Can 'fear fatigue' be far behind? Negative emotions burn hot, then flame out.
Fear seems to be the only thing that ever works for republicans. Where is the part where they lay out their plans for helping get the country back on it's tired feet? Where are their ideas? Since it seems they have a void in idea department, they just go back to the tried and true, scare the hell out of the voters. That may work on feeble minds, but they need more than feeble minds to win elections.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
own supporters are idiots." And that would be wrong, how?
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
or does that tomato splat in the graphic look like a bullet hole?
Just askin'.
will probably just say it's from a paint gun........or a stray one from the last Sarah Palin book signing.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
It's a not so obtuse assassination reference to many.
Don't EVER do that to me again. Those comments from the whiners that liberals would not be outraged if it was Bush's pic. Sorry, but yes I would. I didn't ,like the man, but showing something that fairly resembles a gunshot (with blood) on the face of a sitting US Pres is not appropriate. The question is what would the whiners do if someone did that to Bush as Pres.
If that was a picture of bush and it came out during his time in office, the head of that magazine would probably have done some jail time if not fined some big damned money.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Free trip to GITMO or another black site.
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
Does anyone know how many, if any, graphics were shown slying referencing an assassination of W during his "Presidency"? I've lost track of the ones for Obama.
some old lady arrested at a McCain rally for wearing a McCain=Bush shirt?
Not hardly likely, even during Pres. Bush's term the printed and A/V press were sychophanting the Dem's all the way.
"The question is what would the whiners do if someone did that to Bush as Pres."
Study the symptoms not the virus...
You'd think they'd have gotten some play during the W years. Why not? Hmmmmm. I can guess.
and his rag.
i really do think i have seen a lot of shit in my life (you will excuse me, you may have noticed i don't usually use crude language)
but this son of a bitch takes the f---ing cake.
these people are insane, this really does merit a visit from the secret service, which may be just what he is angling for, then he can scream about how persecuted he is.
"eliminationism" is the word, who is it wrote a book about it, dave niewert? god, sometimes i can't believe what i am seeing, i really must be naive.
:(
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
very strongly, and constantly. First, the suggestions were to murder less powerful people who they classed as Liberals: Dr. Tiller. The policemen ambushed in Boston, DC, and other places. The IRS killer. There are so many. I think Fox and other Media OWNERS were practicing their assassination-promotion skills.
Now they're starting on the Assassinate-Obama, or Pelosi or Reid suggestion.
way up to the bigger targets they have in mind. So, so sick...
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
of our Society's decay starting at the Head (Fox-all Media) and working down to the body.
Other times it looks like a deliberate plan. But by whom? We know who the actors are: Beck, Cheney, Limbaugh, Hannity, and the old standbys ABC, NBC, CBS & CNN. But the supposed people in command: Murdoch, Corporate & Wall Street CEOs seem to be so STUPID. Maybe intelligence isn't really needed to do such evil, create such horrifying situations. All that is needed is a group of powerful & evil people without the opposition of "good" people.
There's a saying about Evil triumphing when Good people do nothing?
Yes Liberalicious it is you you're over reacting.It doesn't look like a bullet hole to me no way shape or form unless you're talking about a 40mm cannon.I'd like to ask you your reaction to that mid eastern chap that threw his shoe at Pres. Bush, if you laughed then you have no sense of humor. Back in Samuel Clemens day this is how people expressed their displeasure of cheats and liars. You'd know this if you ever read Huck Finn.
what Politico did in revealing this story.
Politico had a document left behind by an idiot delivered to them by the person who found it. This is like the child in the cafeteria line who has a scoop of poop put on his plate, picks it up and says
"Look at this shit, Mommy!" That is quite a scoop too.
Don't credit the kid. Credit the cafeteria worker for putting the stinky pile where it could not be ignored by even the olfactory challegened at Politico.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
:-)
Mommy for taking him out for a warm meal. And it was at the Ronald Mc Donald House. And he was Jerry's kid.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
Most "scoops" are delivered to journalists in just this way. This is how shit is always made public.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
about the meeting and he talked someone into giving him the document, then it it his scoop.
This is just Ben printing someone else's recipe for a shit sandwich. To Ben's credit, he did not claim it was Mommy's home
cooking.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
Haven't offered anything BUT fear since 1994 (at least).
They can't offer anything else because they don't have anything else,
and most of the rank and file seem to revel in pissing down their own legs.
It makes them feel all warm.
They blame the cold clammy feeling on the Democrats.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
"Your nation" is a liberal conspiracy!
*we make their legs warm*
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
Try 64.
http://img.skitch.com/20081003-qijcwh12uyxbr1...
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
It's called WorldNutWeekly.
As a certified nut I take exception to that . . .
Although that is a good one just the same!
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
You're a legume.
Where ubean? Lentil late for that now.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
Pea quiet.
too proud to be humble. There's something about your wordplay...
Hasa Diga Eebowai
I do have ties to Humble Oil. That's not peanuts for those who know. Not Shell either. They're the Dutch.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
You have to fight back by being brave and speaking courageously as you reveal the Truth. As Bob Marley knew...
"The Truth is an Offense, but not a Sin" ~ Bob Marley
The liberal blogs of the left need to speak the truth clearly and repeatedly to combat this time tested strategy of spewing fear.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
"If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?"
Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity, 2002
*nods head*
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
I think the power point prsentation says it all. It looks childish and the idea is for simpletons. When it came to light last week, the people on Morning Joe, including Joe, called it out for what it was.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
What is your version of the truth. That his nibs BHO is saving us from ourselves with his compassionate health bill. The cost of this bill equates to the amount Clooney raised the other week for Haiti every day for over 156 years. You people are nuts. I've watched this country slip sliding sideways towards the cliff looking over the black chasm of marxism for 45 years. And here comes the god of the Dummycrats goin' save us all. How do you convey the sound of retching up dinner from the esophagus?
giving to a party that is all about hate and rage and little about ideas. I think there are probably a lot of Republicans that have also had enough, you just don't hear about them because the fringies have the megaphones.
We only need to fight for what's right.
As was stated above, there is a fatique factor at work here. The public has REAL problems, and the fear that the GOP continues to throw at the public no longer resonates with the general population as it once did.
Responding to the lunacy of the GOP is pointless. They no longer need a response. Their message....the unemployed LIKE being unemployed...that EVERYONE in America has access to healthcare...flies in the face of the ONLY reality that people care about. The reality of their own experiences. The GOP can spread fear successfully about the war, because most Americans are not directly involved. The horrors of the war impact only a small group of Americans. We are almost 11 years removed from 9/11. Terrorism doesn't seem as immediate a concern. People have REAL concerns...like feeding their families.
The GOP is immolating itself...slowly and most certainly. They are in full fledged panic for a reason. They see the polls. They know what is coming in November. Has anyone noticed that even FOX no longer puts out a ton of polls. Know why? Cause even they can no longer spin a poll in favor of the GOP.
It's over. The GOP will be a minority party for quite some time. The GOP MAY win the White House again periodically, but it will take at least 2 generations before the bad taste of the last 30 years of GOP policy is forgotten.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
Only question now is how many pieces will it fracture into?
This appears to be true, but at the same time the GOP is trying (successfully) to take down the Entire World with them.
For Liberal AND Proud “The GOP MAY win the White House again periodically, but it will take at least 2 generations before the bad taste of the last 30 years of GOP policy is forgotten.” You need to recheck your history. The Dems have had a strangle hold on congress for the better part of the last 40 some years. Those Liberal policies have taken us to the edge of Obamas Socialism. Banks, Car companies, Wall Street, now you want my Doctor. I don’t need your Socialism and most real Americans don’t either. Both party’s currently are for s**t. Yes the Republicans are fractured and lost. Those that currently don’t want to lead on the path back will be forced to find another job. Just like many, many Dems will. The “Tea Party” was conceived on the principals of OUR original “Tea Party” in Boston harbor. Too many Americans know that Congress will not listen to the people that elected them. It’s been getting worse and worse for years. The current Congress refuses to listen to the MAJORITY of Americans who don’t want Obamacare. The Federal government has PROVED through the years that they can not manage money. It doesn’t matter who is in the White House. Now they want to create a massive program to handle OUR medical care when they have proved they don’t have the ability to do it. Massive bailouts of Investment firms that lost their clients money through greed, Take over of banks, take over of car companies. Let the crooks fail and file for bankruptcy. Congress, W and Obama are protecting their friends and donors. Some of the people that run these companies belong in jail right along with the corrupt members of Congress and Senate. Here is an interesting quote for all of you; “Politicians that don’t understand the concept of being FIRED, will understand the reality of being fired upon.” They REFUSE to listen. They must be made to. The last thing I want to see is a sitting president assassinated. I will derive more enjoyment from seeing Obamanation’s disgrace. Do you remember the 2006 film "Death of a President" features a sniper shooting Bush in Chicago? The many photo shopped picture of W being done up to look like Hitler and Osoma? Do you remember the many, many times that Democrat’s called W Hitler? I really don’t think you will. These are things you approved of but, when the tomato is tossed to the other side of the isle, you start screaming like a “bunch of bed wetting crybabies”. (This is a quote from a senior Dem in Congress from last week.) Hopefully the socialism can be turned away before “The People” rise up in violence. I pray this doesn’t happen. (I forgot, you don’t allow praying, I apologize.) Violence is what the Democrat leadership wants. With that, they can activate the troops they have in the ready and declare a state of emergency and give us the Socialist/Communist government they have planned. The Posse Comitatus Act was overturned by Congress at W’s request, and Obama is using it, by using USNORTHCOM to further his agenda. Go ahead and look up USNORTHCOM. You’re in for a big, big surprise. US troops can now be used on US soil AGINST Americans. Isn’t that just peachy? How do you spell Tyranny? Obama and these communists in Congress have to go, and they can take your favorite punching bag, W, with them. And stop blaming W for what your hero and his accomplices in Congress have done. They have taken W’s and Congress’s deficit and made it look like pocket change. Or was this the “Change” Obama was talking about? I’ll keep my freedom, money, Doctor and guns and you can have Obama’s “Change”, and the bills that go with it.
With this revelation, the republican's cat is out of the bag and much to the disappointment of some republicans, it's that same very old cat.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
The cat's outta the bag.
http://www.premier.net/~cspedale/opus/images/...
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
or a rock that got out of the box when he got out of the bag?
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
and if so, which way they done it.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
It's not even a cat anymore - just an empty cat suit.
:)
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
Probably just a pile of cat poopies.
FYI for everyone. That strange man, Massa, is supposted to speak at five eastern time today. God only knows what he's going to say. I hope he doesn't want to talk about Rahm's naked body again, or his own for that matter.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I rather talk about cat poopies!
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
It doesn't appear that Massa will speak today, but Glenn Beck is going to have him on his show for the entire hour tomorrow. Today Glenn is lauding Massa's actions. Seems Massa has gone all tea baggie all of a sudden.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
What do you think: Beck is a Mormon. The teabaggers are a grab bag of paulbots, states righters, isolationists, survivalists, neo-nazis, and they have a heaping helping of kristian fundamentalists. I don't know how all of those other groups swing but the kristians do not like Mitt Romney because he's a Mormon. There's not much doubt Romney's going to run again and his religion will be an issue with the fundamentalists. The question is, will Beck, an icon of teabaggery, feel compelled as a Mormon to attempt to plug Romney on the teabag circuit? Is that going to be like walking on pins and needles for him? We can hope.
Clinton, and if so, in which direction. Any indication of sword play?
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
I am assured that that would be bad.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Total protonic reversal.
Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip.
Stay Puft or Die.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
Mr. Stay Puft's okay! He's a sailor, he's in New York; we get this guy laid, we won't have any trouble!
!!
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
I think with marshmallows it's always just oral . . .
:)
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
They're traitors.
Disagreement is one thing, but incitement to hatred and and violence is quite another.
And, please, reich-wingers, don't do the false-equivalency thing by saying that we liberals and progressives and other reality-based individuals were mean to Bush. He deserved the opprobrium for several reasons, not the least of which is that he stole two elections and pretty much destroyed the country. Other than that, he was a great guy to have a beer with.
BID
It reminds me of a famous painting/illustration Norman Rockwell did for LOOK magazine during the Civil Rights era, called "The Problem We All Live With." It shows the first black student (can't remember her name) who was integrated into a southern white school. Behind her on the wall are tomatoes that have been thrown and the N-word. I'm sure the Republicans did not intend the resemblance...besides, they have no knowledge of history.
"besides, they have no knowledge of history."
Book learnin' is confusing for some folks. Sadly we will be living with them for generations to come.
UGH!
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/ij/images/illust...
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
banded dudes would be modern Oath Takers?
Hasa Diga Eebowai
General Edwin A. Walker. Little Rock Central.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/art...
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
bit of history.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges
Okay...well at least I can tell you who the girl is.
;)
Ruby was the first black ELEMENTARY student to integrate an all white Southern School in 1960. Brown v. Board of Education was handed down in 1954.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
The Repugs are playing their supporters like little kids and indeed their supporters are about as politically sophisticated as children . I received an E mail from one of my Limbaugh / Beck listening Neaderthal cousins from "Nordern" Minnesota ,a video about the evils of the government census , I have pretty much ignored them and just bit my tongue up until now but this time I replied , " Oh , how will I sleep tonight , a government census !" and went on about tea baggers , Beck , fear mongering nonsense and mindlessly repeating the BS to each other like parrots . I'm most likely permanently blacklisted now on that side of the family but don't really care at this point . It's going too far , they are going too far , someone's gotta say something . It is amazing how dumb and blind people can be , wow !
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
When a progressive Democrat from NEW FREAKIN' YORK!!! is doing a full hour tomorrow afternoon with Glenn Beck!!!
Eric Massa, who just resigned his Congressional Seat in New York has this to say about Congress/Obama/Rahm Emanuel etc.:
http://www.breitbart.tv/rep-massa-blast-dems-...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/0...
(Apologies for the link to Breitbart TV, but that's where the information is).
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
Beck just announced it on his show. He began his show by saying what a great guy Massa is for coming out and saying what is going on in DC. Beck made no reference to Massa's first statement that he had cancer again and that would be the reason he would resign. Beck played clips of some of the things Massa said to him today and Massa sounded like he has gone total tea bagger and big time.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Tea party folks do NOT support Single Payer health care. Eric Massa is a MAJOR SUPPORTER OF SINGLE PAYER:
http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/02/19/massa-...
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
side regardless of political leanings.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
Or fucking r******. Just ask the White House.
It's their latest meme.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
memes. Better than socialized liquor.
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
Fine if he supports single payer, I personally don't know. But if you had heard the clips of Massa saying the govt is being taken over from within and all the other usual stuff you hear from tea baggers, you might have shared my opinion.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
"The banks own the place."
He's a teabagger too?
Corruption favors the wealthy.
You will know for sure that there is no hope of saving America from the evil that is the corporate GOP.
These people do not have the morals or the intelligence to make sound rational decisions. They have killed the economy and will do the same to all of America if we let them continue.
republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness and it is killing America!
HOW ABOUT POSTING HIGH RES PICS OF THE IMAGES from the presentation so all of us can send copies to people we know are republican... and even plaster copies around our communities where they will see them?
When are "We the People" going to start "EXERCISING our RIGHT to CONSENT" instead of whining, complaining & petitioning? www.RIGHTtoCONSENT.com
We can remake their PowerPoint presentation to propagate throughout the Internet.
When are "We the People" going to start "EXERCISING our RIGHT to CONSENT" instead of whining, complaining & petitioning? www.RIGHTtoCONSENT.com
fuzzy and hard to read (really unprofessional) and a terrible waste of printer ink.
Content aside, I'd be really ashamed, mortified, to do such shoddy work.
It was the best they were capable of doing.
There will be casualties now in the media. They are tied to the Republicans and they're going off the deep end along with them.
There is only a certain level of damage to the nation that the people will tolerate from these media corporations. The cable news "rein of terror" is coming to a close.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
was joseph farah, the guy responsible for the magazine cover, just hit me.
was a hate-a-palooza of the first order. I could not believe some of the stuff that came out of those people's mouths!
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
Must see TV.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
!!
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
No, but conservadems do lie out of both sides of their mouth.
♥
Study the symptoms not the virus...
handle it.
Yes I know the NAZI.KKK,RACIST, White Trailer Trash, Fear, Hate Mongering, ANTI AMERICAN,Fascist, Socialist republiCAN party will be out in full force.
These TRAITORS to the position they hold and the people they represent are making the mistake that I as a voter am NOT watching, .
Hey you Fear and Hate Mongering COWARDS and TRAITORS that call yourself republiCANTS and ANT AMERICAN, with your distorted and Twisted facts, as it stands NOW I will NOT VOTE for any SLIMMMY Scum Bag, Anti American, Nazi, Racist known as a republiCANT.
You are low life scum and trash and anyone with a sense of smarts can fact check you TRAITORS,KKK,NAZI,RACIST for the FACTS and TRUTH something you DO NOT know what it is.
So the grand election strategy of the G.O.O.P is to do the exact same thing that ultimately lost them the last two elections, because obviously it will work THIS time right?
Define insanity for me someone, and please tell me why anyone really thinks these people are competant.
The republican'ts will pick up a paltry handfull of seats but will claim that they are on the way back, even if they lose an equal or greater number of seats. I'm curious to see what they will have to say for themselves when President Obama wins a second term with a nice healthy lead over their nutbagger choice.
When angry, count four, when very angry, swear.
-Mark Twain-
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