Will Clear Channel crush "Coward" Dean all by themselves?

[billbuckhead]

Don't worry about El Rushbo or the other hate radio people, it will be the D.J.'s who will deliver the coup de grace. They're already experimenting with memes here in Atlanta. One morning show jock had Bin Laden endorsing Dean. Another on 96rock was saying Bush would carry 49 states against Dean. These people were ruthless and effective against Cynthia McKinney and Dean is at least as vulnerable. Once the general election campaign starts, Dean, Vermont and Dean's supporters will be ridiculed into out of the mainstream laughing stocks.

[LuminousX]

1. That is why we need a Rapid Reaction Team

To strike back hard and fast when they push crap like this.

[ithacan]

2. but of course they'll do that to whoever the Dem nominee is

you do realize that right?

The conservatives cannot win an election that is fought fairly and in which all sides' views are openly discussed and debated.

The fact that they are relying on this kind of fascist strategy speaks volumes about the fact that they themselves are VERY insecure, and they know that they cannot win a free and fair election.

The last thing the Dems should do is cower before the prospect of Clear Channel jocks bashing them. This will happen even if the dems nominated a total Bush clone.

Dems can only win if the FIGHT BACK, are not afraid of going on the offensive against the right wing extremists who control the GOP and all their media allies.

[billbuckhead]

4. Dean is by mulitples the most vulnerable because of the war, civil unions

and Vermont's image in the rest of the nation. It's far harder to do this to Clark or Kerry.

[mzmolly]

17. This war is a disaster, it's a 'strength' that Dean didn't support it.

:hi:

[Cha]

23. Very much so! But aren't they the

knuckleheads who tried to ban the Dixie Chicks?
:hi:

[mzmolly]

25. Heh, good point!

;)

[HFishbine]

3. Why will Dean supporters be ridiculed

once the general election starts? Oh, I see, you expect him to get the nomination.

[billbuckhead]

5. No, I''m pointing out what a vulnerable candidate "Coward" Dean is

Kerry and Clark can't rationally be called cowards or communists.

[HFishbine]

7. I see

And howard Dean can be "rationally" called a coward or a communist by implication. Riiiight.

If you think people would reach that far to make such baseless allegations, then surely you are prepared for the easier to stick:

Kerry = flaming liberal and gun confiscator.

Clark = fired general and coporate lobbyist.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Gee, Bill:

"Coward Dean"? How sad that you would use that appelation. How very sad.

[janx]

29. He uses the term "El Rushbo" -- so why not "Coward" Dean?

They're both from the Limbaugh playlist.

[IndianaGreen]

6. What happened to all the "Support the Troops" rallies

that Clear Channel sponsored all over the country in support of the invasion of Iraq?

What about a "support the maimed and psychologically damaged veteran" series of rallies? Or will that tarnish the image of our military?

[BeFree]

9. Bring 'em on!

Klear Khannel Kommunication can kiss butt.

[patricia92243]

13. why would they try to say he is a coward?

coward about what - because he didn't jump for joy at being drafted during the vietnam era. Clear Channel and their kind are nuts - i'd rather be a coward than a ding bat like they are

[Cha]

19. And it turns out you would be neither!

:toast:

[deutsey]

10. And the namby-pamby DLC/DNC

won't do a damn thing about it...hell, they'll probably even contribute to the effort.

[Cha]

21. Fortunately for our campaign...Dean

can take care of himself! :)

[deutsey]

26. Sometimes, that's the only thing that keeps me going

:hi:

[TorchTheWitch]

11. did I miss something?

Once the general election campaign starts, Dean, Vermont and Dean's supporters will be ridiculed into out of the mainstream laughing stocks.

When was Dean nominated? How did that happen when no one has cast a single vote yet?

Thank you for making democracy and voting irrelevant. :grr:



On edit: those pesky runnaway italics

[ILeft]

12. Not just Clear Channel- Leno, Jon Stewart, and the rest will pile on

I have to agree that Clark and Kerry are the most difficult to attack with the usual Right Wing smear crap. I like Dean and I like Kucinich, but I want to win in 2004.

[Cha]

16. I have faith in my candidate that he will Win....

and I do not bow down to the right wing smear machine or the democrat smear machine, either.

[frustrated_lefty]

14. We get it

You don't like Dean. That's your choice. Before I go, though, how is your candidates funding looking?

[WillyBrandt]

15. Clark's funding is looking extremely good, thankyouverymuch

[frustrated_lefty]

20. adhering with public funding?

[Cha]

18. Dean is Not a ...

"coward"...so your thread is inflammatory and inaccurate at the same time. But then you knew that.

[WilliamPitt]

22. Georgia is pretty solidly a red state

so as far as the local impact goes, I think you're starting out behind the eight-ball anyway.

[SahaleArm]

27. I suspect Georgia is only the start - Clearchannel owns many more radio...

stations across the United States. Not to mention the syndicated shock jocks, most of which are right of center.

[Old and In the Way]

24. Anti-Iraq war was not a particularly cowardly position to take.

Not dissing those that voted for it, because they were voting to give Bush more negotiating strength to search for the WMD. How were they to know that Bush would disregard the will of the American people and the UN to steal Iraqi resources and get us into a quagmire of his own making?

Dean was simply giving Bush some good advice...he wasn't smart enough to take it.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

28. Rest assured that accuracy will not stop the Far Right

No matter who the Democrats finally nominate, there will be smears and misstatements by Clear Channel and other right wingers. In fact, you can expect some very nasty times ahead. What it will be important for us to do is have facts at hand so that we can talk to people who are not right wingers. That's one reason I try and read threads on all the candidate's positions. That's why I try to be very careful and not say anthing that would offend the supporter of any candidate. We all need to work together and not waste time and energy in flame wars.

[moondust]

30. Sue them.

Record them, scrutinize every word, sue them into oblivion.

[billbuckhead]

31. Sue them for making fun of Dean's name?

That sure would be playing into their hands.

[SahaleArm]

32. Didn't Faux already try that with Franken? *nm*

[moondust]

36. Maybe.

Depending on what is said, who says it, and in what context, there could potentially be a number of charges along the lines of defamation, providing a forum for defamation on public airwaves, slander, something under hate crimes law, etc. One might try contacting somebody like the Anti-Defamation League or the Southern Poverty Law Center to explore the possibilities.

IIRC the Faux suit was in the realm of copyright infringement.

[SahaleArm]

37. Parody is parody - either in print or on the air.

They'll call it parody and it will make Dean seem like someone who wants to stifle speech; a double edged sword.

[goodhue]

33. no

don't think so

[kaitykaity]

34. Do you know if these jocks are given orders from

on high to slam Dean like this, or do they do it on
their own, knowing it will be blessed by the higher-ups?

I'm wondering if they say it to get ratings, or
of the ratings suffer when they say things like that, but
they say them anyway because that's the corporate policy?
:shrug:

[HFishbine]

35. All I know is that when I lived in Atlanta

Buckhead was home to the most pretentious, arrogant and conformists pricks I've ever met in my life.

[Spirochete]

38. If i went by the handle of "buckhead"

I think I'd be a little less inclined to purposely mispronounce OTHER peoples' names.

[bobbyboucher]

39. Good work.

Make sure you update us on all the ridiculous nicknames the moron set uses against Dean.

Can't wait for the next one, I know you won't forget.

[Moderator]

40. I am locking this.

It is inflammatory.


DU Moderator