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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 09:58 PM
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Sorry, but the RNC really sucks....
talk about preaching to the choir. Nothing I have seen yet would persuade an undecided voter to support Bush.

Same old catch phrases: "they hate us for our freedom;" "Bush inherited his obstacles" etc etc.

Same old emotional crap: Amazing Grace, crying, singing -- looks like a camp revival more than a political convention.

What's new for this convention? An AWOL national guardsman who never saw a day of combat is depicted as a noble, courageous, patriotic hero.

It's really sickening. I just had to let my disdain flow to my fingertips so that I can get a night's sleep.

Republicans are gross.
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 10:00 PM
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1. I expect Ahhnuld to give Hitler's 36' Nuremberg Rally Speech...
tomorrow night.

:crazy:
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 10:25 PM
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5. Okay.....now THAT was funny
Especially if no one there notices until halfway through.
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-04 04:50 PM
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6. Thanks!
:kick:
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ogradda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 10:03 PM
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2. here we go
guilliani ranting against kerry now. let the hatefest begin!!
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 10:08 PM
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3. I thought they would at least put on a happy face
So far, this looks like everything that's bad about the GOP. Nothing but jingoism, negativity and hate. They're already attacking anything left. Notice the Bush criticism was kept to a minimum at the DNC bash? Who's really the negative party?
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-04 10:09 PM
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4. Paging Leni Riefenstahl...
Leni Riefenstahl, WHITE courtesy phone ...
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-04 04:52 PM
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7. nothing to be sorry about
it does suck.
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DemOperative Donating Member (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-04 04:55 PM
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8. It's a dream come true
they are repeating something that resonates with the base and the masses are sick of hearing.

This IS their message; listen closely, people are dumber than you think.
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tedoll78 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-04 04:59 PM
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9. I'm quite pleased with it thus far.
Bush tried the terror terror terror route with his State of the Union address this January and got absolutely no bounce from it. And it's rare that a President doesn't get a bounce from his SOTU address!

It looks like the GOP hasn't learned that terror terror terror just doesn't have the power it used to. We've seen the graph of the terror alert timing compared to Bush's approval ratings; those alerts are hardly blips on the approval graph anymore. That's great.. for us.

And I'm quite pleased that Kerry won't be spending all week in Nantucket. The speech before the veterans, the campaign rally at midnight in Ohio.. it looks like he's going to be quite aggressive once the Chimp's speech is done on Thursday night. Good for him!
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TWiley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-04 05:04 PM
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10. Frankly, I feel that bush republicans are vile.
Gross is too complimentary. I called my brother a "republican bastard" last night. He just would not shut up. Tell a lie, then try to talk over the response.

He got me so pissed that I am flying to NYC thursday morning to take part in whatever protest there will be during *'s speech.
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Darby Donating Member (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-04 05:06 PM
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11. And this is news to you? :) /nt
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cheshire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-04 05:07 PM
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12. They are the ones who should be sorry for being so sorry.
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TheRovingGourmet Donating Member (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-04 05:08 PM
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13. Conventions are sleepers. It should get interesting once the
debates start.
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