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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 11:53 AM
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Media lies, spins, and a win for Bush
ONLY if we allow them to get away with it. I have a link to Bush's military records on my "favorites" list and when I went to pull it this morning to email it to some "doubting Thomases," the page had been pulled. This is the beginning of what is promising to be a huge dog fight and the only way to beat it is to be extremely "pro-active" in refuting--with facts--any spin or lies that the press throws out to the public. Everytime a lie or spin is thrown out there for public consumption, I think it is important to bombard the "spinners" with facts.

Wesley Clark should have used the facts of Bush's military records to defend WHY Micheal Moore said Bush was a desserter. The proof is there.

I can't go through another 2000 election year with lies not being refuted like it was with Al Gore. So many times, he let opportunities go by and not refute what were obvious lies. Nope, not this time, especially with smug commentators like O'Reilly, Scarborough, Matthews, and the list goes on...:spank:

They have the luxury of a microphone and television to spin their love-fest of Bush, but that doesn't mean that they will get away with it anymore.

I think we need to :kick: these guys where it hurts and make this a miserable election year for them. This is where we really need to focus as a collaborative effort, not with what candidate is the "slam" favorite of the week.



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Rich Hunt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 11:55 AM
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1. absolutely
Tell the truth, and keep the faith.
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 01:00 PM
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6. it's true
n/t
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Virgil Donating Member (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 11:59 AM
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2. factcheck.org
You are right and the issue of deserting is a big, big deal. It along with his business failures and the condemnation of real estate using government to build him wealth in the Houston baseball stadium would be of prime importance. It is something factcheck.org should undertake, but I bet they don't.
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 12:07 PM
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3. I don't understand WHY
people don't jump on this to refute it. Everytime a lie or spin is thrown out there--slam it with facts. It's time to nail these bastards with their spin and lies.

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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 12:08 PM
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4. what was pulled?????
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 12:09 PM
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5. a website that had Bush's military records
n/t
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